Re: executing an executable

2007-09-17 Thread Igor Peshansky
On Sun, 16 Sep 2007, Cole Radcliffe wrote: > I do an ls -la and I see I have an executable called "executable.exe". > I chmod to 777. Then I try to type "execut" and I press tab and it > does not find it. When I type in the entire name and press enter, bash > says the command is not found! It work

Re: executing an executable

2007-09-16 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Sun, Sep 16, 2007 at 06:48:45PM -0500, Cole Radcliffe wrote: >Thanks. I set the PATH! > >You are definitely right about my quoting problem. MARKUS, you are >definitely right about my quoting problem. I do not want to recieve so >many e-mails so I do not subscribe to the list. I just copied and >

re: executing an executable

2007-09-16 Thread Cole Radcliffe
Thanks. I set the PATH! You are definitely right about my quoting problem. MARKUS, you are definitely right about my quoting problem. I do not want to recieve so many e-mails so I do not subscribe to the list. I just copied and pasted it from the website. Is there an alternative? Can I make a fold

Re: executing an executable

2007-09-16 Thread Markus E L
"Cole Radcliffe" wrote: > Type ./executable or set your PATH variable to include "." (the latter > is usually not recommended, even in cygwin, I think). > > And try to read up about PATH. > > Regards -- Markus > > I tried "set PATH=.:$PATH" and that did not work. When I echoed the > $PATH I reali

Re: executing an executable

2007-09-16 Thread Gary Johnson
On 2007-09-16, Cole Radcliffe wrote: > "Cole Radcliffe" wrote: > > > I do an ls -la and I see I have an executable called "executable.exe". > > I chmod to 777. Then I try to type "execut" and I press tab and it > > does not find it. When I type in the entire name and press enter, bash > > says the

Re: executing an executable

2007-09-16 Thread Markus E L
> "Cole Radcliffe" wrote: > > "Cole Radcliffe" wrote: > > > >> I do an ls -la and I see I have an executable called "executable.exe". > >> I chmod to 777. Then I try to type "execut" and I press tab and it > >> does not find it. When I type in the entire name and press enter, bash > >> says the c

Re: executing an executable

2007-09-16 Thread Markus E L
"Cole Radcliffe" wrote: > I do an ls -la and I see I have an executable called "executable.exe". > I chmod to 777. Then I try to type "execut" and I press tab and it > does not find it. When I type in the entire name and press enter, bash > says the command is not found! It works fine on cygwin-x