"Edwin Humphries" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Can anyone tell me why bash won't start a program?
>
> I've found it a not infrequent problem: the example is:
>
> On our experimental workstation, I'm trying to load StarOffice for all
users. I
> believe what I have to do is go to the relevant directory, and type in
setup
> /net. However, although the file is there, its permissions allow me (or
anyone)
> to execute it, and I've changes the file ownership to root (I'm in as root),
I
> still get the response:
>
> bash: setup: command not found
>
> What's really annoying is that I can start the setup program easily by
clicking
> on it in Konqueror: I just can't type the /net parameter!
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If you're already in the relevant directory, try placing a "." (w/o quotes) in
front of the command.
HTH,
Mike
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