From:	ralf AT wamba DOT central DOT de (Ralf Meyer)
Subject:	Re: Compiled C++ code gets "command not found"
25 Mar 1998 10:25:14 -0800 :
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> From:          Mitchell P Katzenelson <mpkatzen AT unity DOT ncsu DOT edu>
> Organization:  North Carolina State University

> I am a UNIX novice, using it at school to develop and run C++
> programs. I just installed b19.1, following all instructions in the
> readme.  I downloaded working C++ source code off the unix system to
> my PC and compiled it, with no errors.  When I try to run the
> anyname.exe file however, I get "Command not found".  I checked the
> FAQs and used findmail to search the archives, but came up empty. 
> Any help would be appreciated. 

In contrary to DOS and Windows the current directory on Unix is 
not searched for executables.
So try 
	./anyname
first. If that works, add ";." to your path or even put ".;" in front 
of the path env var.
-- 
bye
     ranf
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