Date: Tue, 17 Feb 1998 20:20:15 -0800 (PST) From: Mark Turrin <mlt@linkzone.com> To: Zach Bagnall <zachb@ihug.co.nz> Cc: hwg-servers@hwg.org, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD not executing executables Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980217201824.28172B-100000@argon.linkzone.com> In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19980218143035.007a8a60@pop.ihug.co.nz>
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On Wed, 18 Feb 1998, Zach Bagnall wrote: > Hi all, > > I have managed to install mSQL (as far as I can tell - the make, > make test, make install process worked fine), and Apache (again, > as far as I can tell). But when I come to run them, FreeBSD > gives me an 'Command not found' error. I am logged in as root and a > ls -F shows the file httpd to be executable but when I type httpd > I get 'httpd: Command not found.'. The same happens for msql, > msqladmin, msqldump, etc. > > I am new to unix but this has me at a dead end; the files are > executable, so why don't they execute? You have to give the full path to the file OR be sure the directories are in your path. You can also fire off a program not in your path by using: ./executablefile if you are in the same directory. ___________________________________________________________________ Mark L. Turrin mlt@linkzone.com --- Always remember you are unique, just like everybody else. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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