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  From: Darryl Ross <darryl@bachblue.com.au>
  To  : <linuxsa@linuxsa.org.au>, "Robyn Manning <linuxsa@linuxsa.org.au>
  Date: Sat, 3 Apr 1999 07:27:39 +0930

Re: Executable files

Have a look at the file permissions. If there is an X in the third column of
each of the permissions it means its executable. eg:

-rwxr-xr-x

means it is readable, writable, and executable for the owner of the file,
and readable and executable by everyone else.

Also, if you do an "ls --color" then if the file is green (assuming you
haven't changed the colour settings) then it is executable by the current
user.

Hope that makes sense
Cheers
Dazz

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its called the present.


----- Original Message -----
From: Robyn Manning <robynman@dove.net.au>
To: <linuxsa@linuxsa.org.au>
Sent: Saturday, 3 April 1999 3:18
Subject: Executable files


>How do you know if a file is an executable or not? In Dos you have an
>ending of exe or com or bat. Does Linux have anything like this?
>
>What are the steps involved to set up a pnp sound card in Linux.
>
>Thanks
>
>Robyn
>
>
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