* Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [010626 05:39]:
> > > Say I'm in /usr/games and I type /Maelstrom from a console window. Bash
> > > types back at me, "No such file or directory," even though there most
> > > certainly is such a file, and if I ls or dir it tells me there is.
> >
> > ==================
> > If you're already in /usr/games, you might have to type:
> > ../Maelstrom [notice the leading "."] to point out that the
> > command is in the current directory.
>
> Almost right:
>
> /Maelstrom would do it.
> ./Maelstrom refers to a file in the parent directory.
>
> Paul
>
Oops. No. Looks like one . got stripped.
/Maelstom would refer to a file or directory in the root directory
(not likely).
./Maelstrom would be a file or directory in the current directory.
../Maelstrom would be a file or directory in the parent directory.
So if Maelstrom is an executable file in the current directory,
./Maelstrom should run it.
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