> "Charles Russell" bellsouth.net> wrote in message
> news:BuyHi.11924$mk2.6979@trnddc07...
>

>> Mike wrote:
>>

>>> I need to type "$./test.exe", instead of "$test.exe".

>>
>>
>> When I first started using unix, I got trapped by calling my testfile
>> "test." This causes all sorts of weird behavior because "test" is the
>> name of a standard unix executable. Think of it as a reserved name
>> and don't use it for your own program.
>>
>> How to learn unix? Read Kernighan and Pike, "The Unix Programming
>> Environment", and prepare yourself for a lot of trial-and-error and
>> surprises.

>
>
> I have found the "Dummies" series and "Sams Teach Yourself" series to
> be very good introductory texts on a variety of technical subjects.
> There ia a "Unix for Dummies" book and a "Sams Teach Yourself Unix"
> book. You may wish to read either or both of these.
>