[Klug-general] Now here's a funny thing.

[Dan Attwood]

try 'mono filename.exe'



On 2 March 2010 15:12, Michael E. Rentell <michael.rentell at ntlworld.com>wrote:

>  Well that's the first thing that went through my mind and I've done the
> second suggestion in konqueror and it didn't work so I've then done the
> first suggestion in a konsole and that doesn't work either. The properties
> of the file still show me as the user with read/write permissions and the
> execute box is ticked. In a konsole it shows up as  - rws rwx r-x 1
>
> When I try to run it with ./filename.exe it says 'cannot execute binary
> file'
>
> Something funny going on here. Is there any particularly mono dependency I
> should have to execute a .exe file? Never seen that in Linux before, I
> always thought .exe was strictly something from the realm of the Boy God.
> MikeR
>
>
>
> On 02/03/10 14:20, Dan Attwood wrote:
>
> try 'su chmod +x filename.exe'
>
>  that will make the file executable and should let you run it
>
>  the other way if just to find the file in nautilus of the kde file
> manager right click and select permissions - you can tick on the execute box
> there
>
> On 2 March 2010 14:17, Michael E. Rentell <michael.rentell at ntlworld.com>wrote:
>
>>
>> On 02/03/10 13:24, Kevin Groves wrote:
>> > I think the * is high lighting by the command line shell you are using.
>> > Check the perms on the file.
>> >
>> > Kev,
>> >
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>>  Ah, I never thought of that. Don't use the cli much so not sure how to
>> identify which shell I'm using.
>>
>> I typed 'shell' into the PCLOS konsole and it returned 'bash' which I
>> recognise although the system also said it didn't recognise the command.
>>
>> I did the same with the ubuntu under VirtualBox and it hesitated for a
>> few seconds and suggested I'd made a mistake and offered a few choices.
>> But it didn't identify the shell.
>>
>> I'm sure it is all very easy - if you just know. But I don't.
>>
>> Some pointers about tinkering with perms would also help.
>>
>> MikeR
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