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   From: Tom Clydesdale    
   Subject: Re: New Free Pascal Program not recognized   
   Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2007 12:40:19 -0700   
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   On Fri, 19 Jan 2007 12:19:18 -0700, ray wrote:   
      
   > On Thu, 18 Jan 2007 22:28:03 -0700, Tom Clydesdale wrote:   
   >    
   >> I just installed the Free Pascal Compiler via Synaptic which appears to   
   >> run correctly and creates a supposedly executable file but which I   
   >> cannot run.  I've checked permissions and it (the compiled program) will   
   >> not run as either myself or via sudo.  Can anyone give me a clue as to a   
   >> problem source or possible corrective path to go down?   
   >>    
   >> One thing that bothers me is the size of the executable file (>92k) for   
   >> the very simple "Hello World" testing program!!!  When compiling there   
   >> is no error indication with both an object and executable file created.   
   >>    
   >> I'm very new at this Linux arrangement and would greatly appreciate any   
   >> thoughts.   
   >    
   > A couple of things spring to mind.   
   >    
   > 1) do an 'ls -s executable file' - the 'x' permission should be set. 2)   
   > you may need to type './executablefile' in order to execute it. It is   
   > customary not to have '.' in your path.   
      
   That was the solution, many thanks, the compiler seems to have passed that   
   test.   
      
   Question: where can I find the logic regarding preceeding an executable   
   file with "./"?     
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