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   From: Tom Clydesdale    
   Subject: Re: New Free Pascal Program not recognized   
   Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2007 15:39:02 -0700   
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   On Fri, 19 Jan 2007 20:37:41 +0000, ERACC wrote:   
      
   > On Fri, 19 Jan 2007 12:40:19 -0700, Tom Clydesdale wrote:   
   >    
   >> Question: where can I find the logic regarding preceeding an executable   
   >> file with "./"?   
   >    
   > IIRC the idea is that executables go in specific places in your $PATH and   
   > are not found if not in that path. The './' tells the shell you are using   
   > to look in the current directory, '.', for the file to execute you append   
   > the '/' because in unix file systems files prepended with a '.' are   
   > "hidden" so the '/' is used to differentiate. Searching in the current   
   > directory, '.', is not done by default for security reasons.   
   >    
   > For fun you could place your executable one directory up and use '../' to   
   > run it. The '.' and '..' are file system place holders for current   
   > directory, '.', and directory one level up, '..'. If you want to know more   
   > about the Linux directory structure go have a look at:   
   >    
   > http://www.tuxfiles.org/linuxhelp/linuxdir.html   
   >    
   > Use this web search for more on unix $PATH and executables:   
   >    
   > http://preview.tinyurl.com/28d6vk   
   >    
   > Gene (e-mail: gene \a\t eracc \d\o\t com)   
      
   Gene,  Many thanks for the info and leads.   
   Tom   
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