Ron,
What you would want to do is give the full path to the executable in the icon. So
if
it asks for the executable name (or the command to launch the application) when you are
creating the icon, then you would want to enter "/some/unknown/directory/filename"
(minus the quotes).
Hope that helps.
Garl
Ron LeVine wrote:
> In order to execute the file now, I have to go into the directory via a shell
> and use ./ to execute the file.
>
> I.E. :
>
> cd /some/unknown/directory
> ./filename
>
> Thanks
> Ron
>
> On Tuesday 09 January 2001 12:53, you wrote:
> > Hi Ron, can you explain a little more about this?
> >
> > You have a file called './' without the ''?
> > ../ is a directory, not a file. Namely it is your current directory.
> > ../blah would be a file/directory inside the current directory
> >
> > Or do you want to execute a program that is in your home directory?
> > In your home directory, you would type in ./blah in order to run this
> > program. So now you want a shortcut to blah in your home or other
> > directory to be placed on your desktop.
> >
> > Are you using Gnome or KDE? They have different ways to do it. I
> > personally don't use either, so can't be of much help other than clarifying
> > what you want to do. I would suggest trying to right click on your
> > background. Perhaps there is a 'new link' or *gasp* a 'new shortcut'
> > option. For your path you would type in something like: ~/blah to
> > execute the program 'blah' in your home directory blah to execute the
> > program stored somewhere in your PATH environment variable /usr/bin/blah to
> > execute 'blah' stored in the directory /usr/bin
> >
> > Hope this helps.
> > Cory
> >
> > On Tue, Jan 09, 2001 at 12:28:32AM -0800, Ron LeVine wrote:
> > > ---------- Forwarded Message ----------
> > > Subject: Ok, I am kinda lost here
> > > Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2001 00:27:24 -0800
> > > From: Ron LeVine <60xshooter>
> > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > >
> > >
> > > I need to execute a ./ file from an icon on my desk top.
> > >
> > > How do I set up an icon to do this.
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > > Ron
> > >
> > > -------------------------------------------------------
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