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Re: dot bin files
- To: Ishai Parasol <ishai-iglu(at-nospam)parasol.org.il>
- Subject: Re: dot bin files
- From: mulix <mulix(at-nospam)actcom.co.il>
- Date: Sat, 26 May 2001 23:11:26 +0300 (IDT)
- Cc: Linux - IL Maling List <linux-il(at-nospam)linux.org.il>
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- In-Reply-To: <000b01c0e61d$ee4ae660$0201a8c0@parasol>
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On Sat, 26 May 2001, Ishai Parasol wrote:
> I downloaded the RedHat rpm file of the jdk1.3 from sun's website and the
> file's name ends with .bin . I tried to change it to rpm but it seems not
> to be an rpm file (although the link in the site is to a redhat rpm file).
> Does some one know what's a bin file and how can I upgrade my jdk1.2.
first of all, it's likely that it's a self extracting archive, which is
why the filename ends with a bin - you are supposed to chmod +x it and
run it. second of all, less(1) is your friend and file(1) even more so.
just look at the file's contents and see what kind of file it is.
> Thanks,
> Ishai.
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mulix
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