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Re: Problem with execution of binary file


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

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