On Wed, 27 Sep 2000, Paul Lussier wrote:
> In a message dated: Wed, 27 Sep 2000 12:18:23 EDT
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
>
> >3. Is there a common way to run Linux apps (like an exe file on DOS/Win )?
>
> Not quite sure what you're asking here. To run an app you just run the
> executable. This can be done via a command line in a terminal window or via
> an icon/menu item. There is no convention for the file name; i.e. the .exe
> extension is not required, nor is it hardly used anywhere. Some extension
> conventions are:
>
> .pl perl executable
> .sh shell script
> .ksh Korn shell script
>
> but this is hardly exhaustive a list, nor are these conventions used
> extensively.
>
one other fact is that, unlike windows, Unix doesn't truly care about
the extension - "executable" is one of the modes of a file (read,
write, exec, one each for user, group, and world). You use the chmod
(chmod u+x, for example) command to make a file executable. The above are
conventions. I have
also seen .py for python.
jeff
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Thought for today: dynner /din'r/ n.
32 bits, by analogy with nybble and
byte. Usage: rare and extremely silly. See also playte,
tayste, crumb. General discussion of such terms is under
nybble.
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