Difficulty executing a binary file

Judland · 10-03-2003, 09:23 PM

I've done this before successfully, but don't quite understand why I'm having difficulty now.

I have a binary file I want to run under Linux. As with every other binary file, I try to execute it with 'sh' but I get an error message... 'cannot execute binary file' Anyone have any suggestions?

I see the file listed as an executable, but somethings just not right. The binary file I download, which installs the program, ran perfectly fine.

Any ideas?

teval · 10-03-2003, 09:25 PM

Sh interprets shell scripts. They are not binary files, they are an interpreted scripting language.

To run binary files use:

./<name>

Without the <>
No space before.

Judland · 10-03-2003, 11:03 PM

I appreciate the response. Thanks. That should have dawned on me.