.bin files

[rmx]

what do you do with them. when i click on them in mandrake 8 kde, they don't do anything. am i missing something here. all help much appreciated.

very new newbie here. btw.

[ 15 June 2001: Message edited by: rmx ]

[Craig McPherson]

Where did you get these bin files? I've seen several different and unrelated types of files use the "bin" extension: it's a really common one. I've seen the bin extension used for everything to floppy disk images to executable programs.

You can use the "file" command to tell you what type of file a certain file is.

For example...

file filename.bin

That'll tell you what type of file it is.

[rmx]

it is the limewire installation i am trying to run. but it just sits there???

[Dark Ninja]

The /bin folder is essential command binary files to the *nix system. Things such as ls, mkdir, and other important ones go here. (Other things can too, but generally, just the important 'executables' go here.)

Hmmm...well, maybe I spoke up without reading. But, anyway, for a little more info on the /bin folder,
http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.2.pdf

Dark Ninja

[ 15 June 2001: Message edited by: Dark Ninja ]

[rmx]

okay. so i cut and paste limewire.bin in my /bin??? is that it? is it then executable.

sorry if i sound dumb, just tryin to get the installation thing down before i move on. thanks again.

[Craig McPherson]

No... if it's an executable file, you do this:

chmod a+x filename.bin

./filename.bin

That'll run it.