Sorry if my subject title is not clear .

I am using a Red hat 9.0. As everybody may know, when we are in a directory, say mydir,
if we want to run an executable file "test" in mydir, we type:
./test (enter)

It works ok for me but now, the executable file I run has a call to invoke another executable
file namely test2. However, this call doesn't use the "./" path, i.e just "test2" so it causes an error (command not found) although test2 is really in mydir. I couldn't change this because "test " is a binary file and there is no way to modify it. (it's not a shell script).

I want to find how I can change the configuration of the system so that if I am in "mydir" and want run an executable file "test", I have to use the command "test" instead of "./test".

Please help me if you can.
Thanks in advance.

Ha.

what do you mean ?

you want to move around or run a program from a dir..

tommytomato

Ok, let me explain my problem in another way.
I am inside the directory "mydir", so it is my current directory. In "mydir", there are two executable files, namely "test" and "test2". "test" has a call to "test2". "test" is a binary file and I can't modify it.

When I run "test", I got an error (test2: command not found) and I know it is because the command to invoke "test2" in "test" source code is "test2" instead of "./test2".

I can't modify "test". How to get rid of this problem ?

Ha.

I can't modify "test". How to get rid of this problem ? delete it lol

nar, are you trying to install a program and its looking for extra files ???

are you getting dependency errors ???

just trying to understand what your doing

tommytomato

No, it's not the problem with installation or sth like that.

I have to executable files, "test" and "test2" where "test" has a call to invoke "test2" to run. I am quite sure that I have "test2" in the same directory with "test".

Normally, in Red hat, if we want to run an executable file in the current directory, we have to type: ./test . Please notice the path "./"

I know this is reason of my problem. The command to call "test2" inside "test" does not include the path "./" . It works ok with Debian but it is not the case with Red hat, where we have to include path "./" if we want to run any executable file in the current directory. I don't know whether I can change that rule. If I can do so, I can fix my problem.

Thanks for your attention.
Ha.

i see , sounds like your having fun.

wouldn't have any thing to do with linking it , would it.

my mate just left, he may know i'll ask him later, hes pretty good with linux

tommytomato

Just add your home directory or the directory its located in to your $PATH or adjust your program or script with the full path to both. This is asked quite often, a search most likely will find you other solutions or more details of what I've explained you need to do.

Thanks a lot. I got it.

Ha.