Cameron Simpson wrote: > On 21:56 18 Feb 2002, Art Ross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > | Lynne Lawrence wrote: > | > Art Ross wrote: > | > > I've used files with the .bin extension but it was a couple of years > | > > ago. How are they used in linux? ./<filename.bin> or some other way. > | > > | > Try "file ./<filename.bin". That should show you what you have > [...] > | I've included the output from your suggested approach. It appears to be > | an executable. > | > | ./rp8_linux20_libc6_i386_cs1.bin: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, version >1, dynamically linked (uses shared libs), stripped > > Ok, this is an executable. > > To run it, say: > > ./rp8_linux20_libc6_i386_cs1.bin > > If you get "permission denied", say: > > chmod +x rp8_linux20_libc6_i386_cs1.bin > > and try again. Since that looks like a RealPlayer installer, this should > be ok. You probably need to be root to do the install, so be VERY SURE > that this binary came from a reputable source and is intact, and isn't > some piece of malware about to eat your machine. > > The .bin extension isn't much used on Linux or UNIX per se, it's more > a naming convention for downloads so that if they come off an FTP site > they get transferred in binary mode, and thus not mangled. > > Cheers, > -- > Cameron Simpson, DoD#743 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.zip.com.au/~cs/ > > Do unto others ... then split. - Mary Anne Stasium > > _______________________________________________ > Redhat-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
Thanks for the tip. It was the chmod +x filename that I overlooked. Best Regards, Art _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
