The directory is not in your path. ./ means run this in the current
directory. You can edit the PATH in your environment to include the path.
But some people don't add the PATH to our home directory for security
reasons
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Robert Fleming
Sent: Monday, February 26, 2001 8:31 PM
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Subject: [newbie] Running executables - strange behavior
I have an executable named 'hello'.
If I cd to the directory it is in and type 'hello' it says file not found.
However, if I type './hello' it works properly.
Why is this? and is there any way I can resolve it?
thanks
wade
