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To: marcin@v-m.com
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Subject: Re: Scripts and Programs 
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Date: Mon, 30 Jun 1997 17:20:50 -0700
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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
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> When runnig the program written in C I compile that code using CC and
> then to run it I have to type in ./a.out  ?  Why do I have to do it this
> way why I can't execute the program like on my normal Unix Account just
> by typing in the a.out ...????

This is something for questions@freebsd.org, not isp@freebsd.org.
Thanks.  And the reason is because you don't have . in your PATH.
This is a common newbie problem and discussed in any number of
UNIX guides, a number of which are listed in the appendix of
http://www.freebsd.org/handbook - I suggest you visit this page
and many an appropriate purchase.

> One more question....I would like to run a specific program every 30
> minutes is there a easy way to do this in FreeBsd OS?

See the man pages for at and cron.  And again, these are both basic
UNIX questions which would be better answered by a suitable book.

					Jordan