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Marcin Pasek wrote:
> 
> 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 ...????

becouse . (currend directory) not in you patch .
  

> 
> 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?
> 

man crontab

> Thanks
> 
> Marcin