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Bash mis-reports an executable file

Asked by tomdean

Ubuntu 11.10.
I copied some files from a FreeBSD system. Among them were some executables.
memByteTest.c and memByteTest, for example.

If I do
./memByteTest,
bash reports file not found.
ls -l shows executable permissions.
hd memByteTest will dump the file
objdump -d memByteTest will disassemble the file
file memByteTest shows 64-bit ELF (FreeBSD).

I realize memByteTest will not run on linux, but, bash should report unknown format, etc., anything but file not found!

Is there an update to bash, etc, that I missed?

tomdean

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tomdean (tomdean) said : 		#1

I re-compiled memByteTest and it works. My question is not about running FreeBSD executables on Linux.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#2

You may need to mark the file as executable using:

chmod +x memByteTest

You will NEED to be in the same folder as the file so that the command works.

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tomdean (tomdean) said : 		#3

YES, YES, I know all that. Please read my initial post.

Still, bash incorrectly reports file not found!

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