Re: [newbie] cannot execute binary file...

2001-12-02 Thread Charles A Edwards
On Sun, 02 Dec 2001 19:49:17 + Jonas Lind [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I cannot install .bin files! I am root, I have set chmod 777 to the files and still it wont work. This is what the CL looks like: -- ls -al /usr/java -rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 26238890 nov 6

Re: [newbie] Cannot Execute binary file

2001-02-27 Thread Glen Leinweber
look for executables. - Original Message - From: "BamBam" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 26, 2001 10:32 PM Subject: [newbie] Cannot Execute binary file When I try to execute .tar.gz and .tgz files from the terminal window, I get a message that says cannot execute binary file

[newbie] Cannot Execute binary file

2001-02-26 Thread BamBam
When I try to execute .tar.gz and .tgz files from the terminal window, I get a message that says cannot execute binary file. I've tried ./filename and sh filename with no success. Can someone help me out with this one? Oh yea... I almost forgot. chmod 755 filename was also tried, but I

Re: [newbie] Cannot Execute binary file

2001-02-26 Thread Michael O'Henly
A file with the extension .tar.gz or .tgz is an archive (similar to the *.zip files you may be familiar with from Windows). The first step is to unpack it. We can tell from the extension that it has been archived with the linix command "tar" and then compressed with the "gzip" command. In