On Monday 07 March 2005 21:48, Jared Buck wrote: > Hi all, > > I downloaded a program (game for Linux) that has a file extension that > ends in .bz2.run - how do I run this file? I've tried using ./ (like > you do for configure) and it doesn't work. > > Can anyone tell me how to run this program? > > Jared To run a program using ./name the file "name" must have execute permission turned on. You can check and change the permissions with most any file manager. on the command line use "ls -l name" to display file attributes including the permissions. (ll may be used instead; it is an alias for ls -l) To change the permissions use chmod, e.g. chmod u+x name to turn on execute permission for the user owner of the file. see chmod(1) for details. Turning the execute permission on does not make the file into a program if its contents is not. A good way to find out what is in a file is to use the "file" command, e.g. file xxxx.bz2.run "file" does a good job identifying the contents of a file. If "file" reports that your file is an executable of some sort then turn on the execute permission and try to run it. paul -- Paul F. Almquist paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Eau Claire, WI USA
