Date: Tue, 17 Sep 1996 16:05:18 -0700 From: "John W. Rasins" <jrasins@interramp.com> To: gordon rios <rios@ricochet.net> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Quick Question Message-ID: <2.2.16.19960917230518.864f4f68@pop3.interramp.com>
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At 03:14 PM 9/17/96 -0700, you wrote: >Hello: > >Sometimes in a directory I created from my home directory I get the error >filename: not found. Example: I compile hello.c into hello using make >(apparently successfully). I then type hello at the prompt and get the >message: "hello: not found" I have checked various books, man pages, >etc. and I am fairly sure I understand the basics of chmod, chown, etc. >Can you help? > >Thanks, >Gordon P. Rios Quick answer: PATH Your home directory is probably not one of the places to search per the PATH variable. Either add your home directory, or type in ./hello to execute the program (assuming that your home directory is your pwd). John
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