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I am using RH 7.2 now. When I tried to run a application file iptraf from CD-ROM, when I do the ls -al command, it show me the file:
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 153944 May28 1999 iptraf
But when I tried to run it using ./iptraf, it gave me the followng message:
bash:./iptraf: No such file or directory
I am log in as a root and I am in the right directory. Any idea what's the reason?
I did check the file. I swear it was there and its file name is iptraf not ipTraf. I can use "find" or "ls" command to locate the file but when I tried to run it, it just said the file was not there.
niknah, thanks for the tip. I will try to download a new version.
I got the CD from the linux book I bought. And I am kind of lazy to download it in the beginning ><, that's the reason I run it from the CD. It's not RPM file, it's executable file. But for some reason, lots of files on the CD gave me same error messages. I can see those files but I just won't be able to run it. I even copy those files to the local disk but still the same problem. So I download the source file from internet and it works now.
But I am still interested to find out why I can see the file but won't be able to run it though...
Thanks for the answer. I thought it should return like "can't find *.lib or something instead of no such file or directory. But it explains the situation. Thanks again!
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