On Sat, 26 Jan 2002 03:32:30 -0400, Clarence Verge wrote: > Steven provides untar. When I tried to expand the Basic.tgz I used > gunzip. This expanded it without comment or complaint, but something > was lacking because after changing the file permissions I still > could not execute it. > I got an error message: "Cannot execute a binary file." > Geez, what the heck kind of files CAN it execute ? Vulcan ?
Maybe the error message means that it can't execute a binary file from the directory where it is or from the current directory where you are. I have no idea how the equivalent of a DOS path variable works within Linux, nor do I know if something equivalent exists. Maybe you are required under Linux to install certain types of files into certain directories specified in some configuration or setup table. Don't know. Maybe you have to have something like a companion run-time module installed somewhere. Don't know. Linux programs ought to come with little README files having instructions on how to install them. Most Windows and DOS programs come with a README. I don't know why they don't do the same thing for Linux programs. Sam Heywood -- This mail was written by user of The Arachne Browser - http://arachne.cz/
