From: sparhawk AT eunet DOT at (Gerhard Gruber)
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Subject: Re: Re linux and gcc
Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1998 07:56:34 GMT
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From: Gruber Gerhard
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Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1998 01:21:23 GMT:

>
>>If he is compiling it then the compiler creates the outputfile with =
>>execution
>>permission already set.
>
>Yeah, the file you are trying to run is just not in your PATH. You can
>run files which are not in your PATH by typing   ./filename   or
>/.filename   from the directory they are in - can't remember which.

Its ./<filename>

. - current directory
/ - directory seperator
<filename> - filename

/.<filename>

would mean to run a filename in the root directory with a leading '.'
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   Gerhard

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