opening a .bin file
 

I just put on red hat linux 9.0 my old computer to run a half-life server. I downloaded the stuff, but the hlds (half life dedicated server) file has a .bin extension. I double click it and nothing happens. How do i open a .bin file?

just run it.

chmod +x hlds.bin
./hlds.bin

yeah i tried to run it by double clicking it (im in some graphical interface), and it didnt open. The ds_1_3111_full.bin is located in file:/home/joe/ and when i double click it the address (locatation bar) changes to ds_1_3111_full.bin but it still shows the last directory (file:/home/joe/).

do those commands in a terminal while in that directory

sorry dude, im a total "n00b" to linux. i just installed it this morning. How do i open a "terminal" and how do i get to that directory?

Thanks a lot

n/m i opened the terminal

Thanks a lot for your help, its working now. So far so good.

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