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to: William McBrine
from: Neil Heller
date: 2003-05-24 10:43:00
subject: Re: Linux and GCC

WM> You can of course override the PATH searching by specifying a full
WM> pathname  explicitly, as you would in DOS. To run an executable from
WM> the current  directory, the simplest method is therefore:

WM>  ./filename

WM> That's the usual way for something that you're just testing, and
WM> haven't  yet installed somewhere in the PATH.

That's exactly what I was looking for.

One question, though.  Is there any presumed extension (like "EXE", 
"COM", etc.) that's presumed and doesn't have to be typed when executing 
the program?  If not, need the full filename be typed at the command 
line every time when launching an app?

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