On Mon, 28 Aug 2000, Adrian Smith wrote: >howdy all.... >what i'm trying to do is put KFM or a shortcut to KFM in my autostart folder so that >it will fire up each time i log on. however, i can't seem to find the actual file. >i used one of the "find" options to search for a file with KFM*.*...... got a ton >of files. so i tried selecting "executable files" as an option.... still didn't get >anything that seemed to be it. > >being a newbie & DOS type... do Linux executables all have certain extensions? like >COM, BAT and EXE for DOS/WIN? > >anyone know exactly where i can find the KFM executable? > >thanks much [phlbbrtn@fnord phlbbrtn]$ which kfm /usr/bin/kfm [phlbbrtn@fnord phlbbrtn]$ All executables in Linux are such because they have executable permissions. They don't even have to be binary files (though kfm is of course). Suffixes do not matter. All executable files are located (mostly) in directories called "bin" -- /bin /usr/bin/ /usr/local/bin /usr/X11R6/bin /home/bin When looking for an executable, type "which xxx" to find. Linux is both case-sensitive and uses mostly lower-case letters in naming files. Hope this helps. Phil
