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[madk]

I'm extremely new to Linux. But I made it through my first install and now I am trying to get some dev type of stuff setup. Here is my problem. I can compile my code fine...but I can't seem to get any of my apps to execute. I get no error or nothing. Just when I run the executable nothing happens. I don't know if this is the right forum but can anyone help this poor newbie.

MadK

[Malakin]

I'll take a guess, stick a "\n" on the end of your output. If this solves it, this isn't the normal behavior in Linux just under the specific terminal you're using.

[LinuxAnt]

you should probably post this in the
Programming, Script Depot but,
make sure the permissions on the file are set to execute
try ls -l
you should see something like

anthony@jester.cert.ucr.edu[12:26pm]~/bin
==>ls -l
total 4
-rwxr--r-- 1 anthony admin 225 Sep 7 16:54 reqsys

pay attention to the
-rwxr--r--
make sure your executable has and an x in the fourth position from the left
if it doesn't
type
==>chmod 744 /your_exec_name.ext

Hope this helps

[lilrabbit129]

try this... if your executable is named "run"

instead of just typing run... try
"./run"

[madk]

Thanks a lot. The "./" thing worked like a charm. Not one more thing...could someone explain why and or how this is? What does ./ do? Thanks in advance.

MaDK

[bdg1983]

Linux unlike Dos will not search the current working directory for the command as it only searches what is defined in your $PATH.

./ tells the shell to search the current directory.

Dos searches what is defined in $PATH and also the current working directory.

[Hena]

As a side note. There is also ~/, which uses users home directory in path.