Well to run binary executables in formats supported by _your_ Linux kernel, the wway to go is thus : <for newbies> Suppose you are user 'maddog' Log in as maddog now you are in /home/maddog.. use pwd to check that if you dont believe me Create /home/maddog/bin .. use mkdir /home/maddog/bin. Caution : Generally , md is DOSsy. It does not work under *NIX, unless you have had your /etc/bashrc (un)knowingly tampered by Atul and Co. ;) place the executable in /home/maddog/bin.. eg cp /home/maddog/sweetexec /home/maddog/bin Type in sweetexec (the name of your executable, for you this might be "shotgun" .. or my favourite .. "a" ) If it doen't run , you can _try_ this Fire up your favorite editor and edit .bash_profile assuming your shell is bash) . You should find the following line there. PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin If it is not, there is something wrong with your looks. Force it to be there and relogin.. ie logout and login </for newbies> <disclaimer> The way above has its own advantages and is probably more secure. i NEVER do it this way and the way i do it could be a bad way of doing things, so i wont recco it. The way i do it (as many do) is to edit my .bash_profile and append a ":." to the PATH line. :-) </disclaimer> Shourya -- _______________________________________________________________ Shourya Sarcar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <Tel:91-033-4710477> Department of Computer Science and Engineering Jadavpur University Calcutta, India 700 032 All the world's a stage.. And I am acting tonight C - the difference : http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/C-faq/top.html -------------------------------------------------------------------- The Linux India Mailing List Archives are now available. Please search the archive at http://lists.linux-india.org/ before posting your question to avoid repetition and save bandwidth.
