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From: "Jason C. Wells" <jcwells@u.washington.edu>
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> what your describing you are trying to execute the /usr directory, just to 
> point you can't execute directories unless there is a executable file

You cannot "execute" a directory at all. At least not like you "execute"
a program. The term "execute" takes a special meaining when it refers to
the permissions of a directory. A directory that has an "executable"
permission set is searchable. You can list files in the directory that
allows you to "execute" (ie search) that directory.

The "executability" of a program is a seperate but related issue. Which
is discussed by the previous poster. The rest of this is valid.

> within that directory. Example to a exec a file within a dir.. the syntax
>  is : 
> 	
>    	      /<directory>/<name of file> ie.. /usr/thefile
>                       or /usr/X11R6/bin/thefile

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