Re: newbie question : why won't some programs execute ?

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From: Peter Caffin
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 00:00

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Paul Clyne <pclyne@idx.com.au> wrote:
> 	I found the program in the /usr/games directory so popped over 
> there and tried to execute.  I get the response "bash: fortune: command 
> not found".

You'll kick yourself.

Run it as ./fortune from the /usr/games directory.

/usr/games often isn't added to your PATH environment variable in
/etc/profile by default.

All the best,

Peter.

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