|
#1
March 6th, 2007, 09:09 AM
| |||
| |||
| UNix Executable File
Hi new transfer from PC to MAC here  so far I havn't had problems on opening files and programs so far on my mac book, well except for how to open a UNIX executable file much help would be appreciated and please make the instructions simple hehehe
 |
|
#2
March 6th, 2007, 10:48 AM
| ||||
| ||||
|
In general, an executable is runnable within a shell. That doesn't mean you should run it, though. What's the specific situation?
__________________ Matt (billbaloney) 1.67GHz "October 2005" G4 Aluminum 1.5 GB RAM, OS 10.5.2 Lots of other things around Helen Marie Holford Industries |
|
#3
March 6th, 2007, 11:03 AM
| ||||
| ||||
|
Often, Mac OS X calls a file which it doesn't know what to do with, a "UNIX executable file". Do you know what the files are and with what kind of application it would probably open?
__________________ iMac 24" 2.4 GHz, 4 GB RAM, 320 GB HD. Mac OS X 10.6.1 MacBook Air 13" 1.6 GHz, 2 GB RAM, 80 GB HD. Mac OS X 10.6.1 Mac mini 1.83 GHz, 2 GB RAM, 80 GB HD. Mac OS X 10.6.1 MacBook nano (Lenovo S10e white) 1.6 GHz, 2 GB RAM, 250 GB HD. Mac OS X 10.5.7 iPhone 3GS 32 GB white. Mac user since 1987, Apple Sales Professional 2009, Apple Product Professional 2007-2009, Apple Certified Support Professional 10.5, Apple Certified Pro Aperture 2 (Level 1) |
|
#4
March 6th, 2007, 03:29 PM
| |||
| |||
|
Use file command in Terminal.app $ file the-name-of-the-file For PPC programs, you get something like $ file /usr/bin/tile /usr/bin/tail: Mach-O executable ppc Normall OS X programs are actually directories, like $ file /Applications/Aperture.app /Applications/Aperture.app: directory and for Universal applications: $ cd /Applications/Aperture.app/Contents/MacOS $ file Aperture Aperture: Mach-O fat file with 2 architectures Aperture (for architecture ppc): Mach-O executable ppc Aperture (for architecture i386): Mach-O executable i386 |
 |
| Bookmarks |
| Thread Tools | |
|
|
All times are GMT -5. The time now is 04:24 AM.
