executing an executable

[Markus E L]

"Cole Radcliffe" wrote:

> Type ./executable or set your PATH variable to include "." (the latter
> is usually not recommended, even in cygwin, I think).
>
> And try to read up about PATH.
>
> Regards -- Markus
>
> I tried "set PATH=.:$PATH" and that did not work. When I echoed the
> $PATH I realized that that command had no effect. What am I doing
> wrong?

BTW: Please consider improving you quoting. For a moment I thought my
MUA had been acting up again and I sent a mail with your address in
the From field. :-(

Regards -- Markus



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