Re: Problem with execution of binary file

[Edvardsen KÃre <kare dot edvardsen at uit dot no>]

> On 11/3/2011 4:56 PM, Eliot Moss wrote:
>         Ok, so here's one thing about bash: to get it to
>         run an *executable* (as opposed to a *script*),
>         you need to say "bash -c FLEXPART_GFORTRAN".
>         You might try strace on that. In addition to the
>         objdump suggestion.
> 
> I have a moment to expand on this a little. The
> 80-byte read we saw was bash looking at the
> beginning of what it that was supposed to be a
> script (not a binary) and seeing if it really
> appeared to be a script. I did not look like a
> script, so bash gave up. (It checks whether the
> first line is all printable characters or white
> space.)
> 
> Best -- Eliot Moss
> 

Hmm, wonder why bash would interpret it as a script. Anyway, I will get
back to you later with output from strace and objdump.

Cheers,
kÃre