copying files on ubuntu

[Mark Rose]

Originally Posted by chalsall

The other day I was interacting with a very serious technology companies' "front line" person.

She gave the URL verbally as "H T T P Colon Back Slash Back Slash"...

Just what (TFF) is it going to take to educate the populous of the difference between forward and back slashes?

I think it's people trying to sound more technical when it reality it makes them sound less so.

[wildrabbitt]

Used paulunderwood's linhk to get tinycore64 just to be sure I'm really using a 64 bit version so now I am.

sh: ./mprime: not found

is the message I get.

I know a file called mprime is in the folder because I do an ls and it shows up.

[chalsall]

Originally Posted by wildrabbitt

I know a file called mprime is in the folder because I do an ls and it shows up.

What does "file ./mprime" show?

Edit:

[chalsall@fur prime]$ file ./mprime 
./mprime: ELF 64-bit LSB executable, x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked (uses shared libs), for GNU/Linux 2.6.9, not stripped

[wildrabbitt]

When I type file ./mprime

I gtet

sh: file: not found

so it looks like I haven't got the command file to use for some reason.

[EdH]

I know it was mentioned earlier (I didn't catch a response), but did you check the properties to make sure mprime permissions allow it to be executable?

Another thing to try is to give it the entire address instead of just ./.

[chalsall]

Originally Posted by wildrabbitt

When I type file ./mprime

I gtet

sh: file: not found

so it looks like I haven't got the command file to use for some reason.

You "gtet sh: file: not found"?

I try to be accommodating. But there comes a point where one gives up, and assumes a claimant is a waste of carbon.

Care to counter that claim?

[chalsall]

Originally Posted by EdH

Another thing to try is to give it the entire address instead of just ./.

Sigh... "./" == local directory.

[wildrabbitt]

If I knew what I was doing I wouldn't be asking for help.

If you don't want to help, let other people try please rather than humiliate me.

[paulunderwood]

What does "uname -a" give when running tiny core?

What does "ls -l mprime" give?

You will need to run "./mprime -m" to get its menu system, in the directory where mprime resides. "cd" to it first.

[chalsall]

Originally Posted by wildrabbitt

If I knew what I was doing I wouldn't be asking for help.

If you don't want to help, let other people try please rather than humiliate me.

I want to help. And I'm not trying to humiliate you.

But I expect those asking for help to at least try to help themselves, and to answer the questions given. And think for themselves, rather than expect the answers will be given to them.

I'll now ask again, what does "pwd" say to you? Here is what happens when I ask such a question on one of my systems:

factfind@www oneoff]$ pwd
/home/factfind/gpu/bin/oneoff

An important thing to learn is you will either think for yourself, or you will work for someone else.

The choice is for you (and others) to make. Alone.

[EdH]

Originally Posted by chalsall

Sigh... "./" == local directory.

What'll they think of next?

Edit: BTW, you know what happens when I run locate mprime and use the entire path at a command prompt?

Edit2 - an example (for the OP's possible interest):

math00@math00:~$ locate mprime
/home/math00/.cpan/build/Math-Prime-Util-0.55-t36yc8/t/11-sumprimes.t
/home/math00/.cpan/build/Math-Prime-Util-0.55-t36yc8/t/16-randomprime.t
/home/math00/Math/mprime
/home/math00/Math/mprime/license.txt
/home/math00/Math/mprime/mprime
/home/math00/Math/mprime/readme.txt
/home/math00/Math/mprime/stress.txt
/home/math00/Math/mprime/undoc.txt
/home/math00/Math/mprime/whatsnew.txt
math00@math00:~$ /home/math00/Math/mprime/mprime

Welcome to GIMPS, the hunt for huge prime numbers.  You will be asked a
few simple questions and then the program will contact the primenet server
to get some work for your computer.  Good luck!
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