[CLUE-Cert] "No such file or directory"

[William C. Phye]

Hi, Ben.

There is a command that refreshes directories, files, pointers, etc...

I haven't used it for a will, but I'll locate it and let you know.

Bill

Ben Roe wrote:

> Hi,
> I just loaded the KRUD distro (fresh), replacing my production load of RH7,
> thinking I would get the latest fixes, etc.
>
> Well, I had made a dump of my RH7 install, which had WordPerfect 8 (and
> Star Office).  I restored both of these trees from the dump (/usr/local/wp8
> and /usr/local/office51).  Star Office starts up fine.
>
> However, WordPerfect is another story:  when I go into the directory where
> the binary resides (/usr/local/wp8/wpbin/) and execute it (by typing ./xwp)
> I get this error:
>
> bash: ./xwp: No such file or directory
>
> I get the same error when I type /usr/local/wp8/wpbin/xwp)
>
> Here's the directory listing:
>
> [ben at k0yds wpbin]$ ls -l
> total 11600
> -rw-r--r--    1 ben      ben          2494 Oct 18 10:59 README
> -rw-r--r--    1 ben      ben          2929 Oct 18 10:59 README.address
> -rw-r--r--    1 ben      ben          3265 Oct 18 10:59 README.copy
> -rw-r--r--    1 ben      ben          1161 Oct 18 10:59 README.errata
> -rw-r--r--    1 ben      ben           687 Oct 18 10:59 README.icon
> -rw-r--r--    1 ben      ben          1777 Oct 18 10:59 README.install
> -rw-r--r--    1 ben      ben         13604 Oct 18 10:59 README.lic
> -rw-r--r--    1 ben      ben           246 Oct 18 10:59 README.support
> -rw-r--r--    1 ben      ben          1411 Oct 18 10:59 README.wpmagic
> -rw-r--r--    1 ben      ben          1994 Oct 18 10:59 README.wpsahelp
> -rwxr-xr-x    1 ben      ben          2488 Oct 18 10:59 wpmerge
> -rwxr-xr-x    1 ben      ben       8009812 Oct 18 10:59 xwp
> -rwxr-xr-x    1 ben      ben       3758592 Oct 18 10:59 xwpdraw
> -rwxr-xr-x    1 ben      ben         31760 Oct 18 10:59 xwpsahlp
> [ben at k0yds wpbin]$
>
> World executable.
>
> Same problem if I try to start it as root.
>
> Interestingly, if I just type xwp, I get the expected "command not found":
> [ben at k0yds wpbin]$ xwp
> bash: xwp: command not found
>
> The version of bash appears to be the same in this distro as it was in the
> previous RH7 installation, which worked fine:
> GNU bash, version 2.04.11(1)-release (i386-redhat-linux-gnu)
>
> Any thoughts?  What am I missing?
>
> Is there a lesson in here somewhere about inodes and filenames?
>
> --
> Ben Roe
> Denver, Colorado USA
> http://members.tde.com/ben
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