As you might guess I am a bit of a Linux newbie :-)
But I was in the /sbin dir when I did ./FRED and I would expect that
to work. I also suspect that sbin and bin are the same on STN.
>> This is probably a pathing issue. Type echo $PATH and see what you get,
>> probably something like /bin:/usr/bin or something
>> similar. If /sbin isn't in your path it won't find it. To add it you'll
>> want to issue the following command:
>>
>> PATH=$PATH:/sbin;export PATH
>>
>> This will set the new path to the old path, with the /sbin addition. You
>> can make this change permanent by putting it in the /etc/profile or in a
>> users .profile.
>>
>> Hope it helps.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Bob Selby [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>> Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2000 2:37 PM
>> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Subject: [ShareTheNet] The "ILE" shell (via ALT-F8/9)
>>
>>
>> Are there any restrictions on what ILE can and cannot run ???
>>
>> I have built a program to try out an idea and incorportated it into a .TBZ
>> that puts the
>> proggy in /sbin and when I boot STN the file appears in the expected place
>> --- so far so good.
>>
>> However when I try to run it FRED or ./FRED I get the message "FRED not
>> found" :-(
>>
>> Anyone give me a clue as to what is going on ??
>>
>> The permmisions seem the same as most other things in that directory.
>>
>> Could it be the file size ?? its 80k currently
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>> Rgds,
>> Bob
>> [To reply please take NOSPAM out of email address]
Rgds,
Bob
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