From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Apr 21 5:43:21 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from pop.idx.com.au (pop.idx.com.au [203.14.30.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1BDD537B6A7 for ; Fri, 21 Apr 2000 05:43:16 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dannyh@idx.com.au) Received: from freebsd.freebsd.org (idxwc07-40.idx.com.au [203.166.2.40]) by pop.idx.com.au (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id WAA20989; Fri, 21 Apr 2000 22:42:55 +1000 From: Danny To: Kevin Street , "Sultenfuss, Ron" Subject: Re: Question on running applications Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2000 22:47:40 +1000 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.0.21] Content-Type: text/plain Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG References: <87k8hsaxat.fsf@mired.eh.local> MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <00042222482802.00617@freebsd.freebsd.org> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG This is not microsoft windows Remember to put ./ in front of t he file make sure the file is on chmod 755 for example ./sysprogram instead of sysprogram On Fri, 21 Apr 2000, Kevin Street wrote: > "Sultenfuss, Ron" writes: > > >> For example, if I try to run an installation called > > "install-mkchart", > > the response given is "install-mkchart: command not found" . > > This does not make sense because, as root, I am in the same > > directory when trying to run the script. I can run the programs from the > > old machines without any problems. > > Did you remember to put the directory where you installed the scripts > in your path? The current dir is not normally in the path so you > could also do: > > ./install-mkchart > > -- > Kevin Street > street@iname.com > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message