forced execution

[Guest_imported]

i can't get a .out file to execute. I know i used to be able to force them to execute with a couple of characters before their name, like
% ./ name.out
or
% .& name.out
Or something like that. I can't remember the exact characters now. It's a Sun 5.7 system.
can anybody help me??????????

 

[d3funct]

Did you check the permissions? Besides using ./a.out or .&a.out you might try source a.out [sig]<p>Jon Zimmer<br><a href=mailto:b0rg@pcgeek.net>b0rg@pcgeek.net</a><br><a href=

http://www.aetea.com>

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[Guest_imported]

<i>source a.out<i> doesn't seem to be working.

yes i did check the permissions, sorry i forgot to mention that. It's rwx all the way down, so it should execute.

Thanks very much for trying, d3funct.

anyone else??????

 

[MikeLacey]

Jim, you should be able to run an executable program with

./a.out

if you are in the same directory as the program

&quot;rwx all the way down&quot; -- go check that again <grin> [sig]<p>Mike<br><a href=mailto:michael.j.lacey@ntlworld.com>michael.j.lacey@ntlworld.com</a><br><a href=

http://www.cargill.com/>

Cargill's Corporate Web Site</a><br> [/sig]