Mitchell Gil Maltenfort wrote:

> At 11:39 AM 25/03/1999 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >I just downloaded Netscape 4.08 for Linux 2.0. I was able to install it but
> >when I go to the directory and type Netscape to run the browser I get an
> >error saying cannot execute binary file.
> >
> >What am I doing wrong? Please help.
> >
>
> Two things come to mind.
>
> One, are you typing Netscape or netscape?  Case matters.
>
> Two, have you tried typing ./netscape?  Sometimes you have to explicitly
> tell the system "look in this directory I am now in."

Those two problems would cause a "file or directory not found" error.

It obviously has found the file because it knows it is a binary file.

Is that not how your system works?  I am running Debian and that is the way it
works here.

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