Zip Drives and Permissions

./ simply tells linux that the file is in the current directory. ../ tells it
that it is one directory up. The . and .. are in all linux directories. They
are what is used when you type 'cd ..' or 'cd ./path/to/somewhere/'

Clayton Stapleton wrote:
>

> My permissions are as you show
>         -rwxr-xr-x
> After entering the file name I get:
> bash: ./filename :permission denied
> where does the "./" come from, it could be the problem?
> Thanks
> Clay

>
> On Thu, 15 Jun 2000, you wrote:
> > Are your programs executable? An "ls -l myfile" should give something
> > like:
> >

> >    -rwxr-xr-x

> >
> > The x's mean executable. You can make a file executable by everyone
> > with:
> >

> >    chmod a+x myfile

> >
> > -BVG
> >
> > Don Harrop wrote:
> > >
> > > Maybe the ZIP disk is locked. You could use mtools (mzip) to find out.
> > >
> > > Don
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Clayton Stapleton" <vernon@impulsedata.net>
> > > To: <plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us>
> > > Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2000 11:50 AM
> > > Subject: Re: Zip Drives and Permissions
> > >
> > > > The zip drive is set to "noauto,rw,user,nosuid,sync"
> > > > in the fstab file.
> > > > Clay
> > > > On Wed, 14 Jun 2000, you wrote:
> > > > > The zip drive is probably set to noexec in fstab.
> > > >
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