If you're in +n.x

I don't think he is. Did you read his post closely? He doesn't actually say it, but it's pretty obvious he's on Windows. First, he changes the case on the name of his executable from one usage to the next, betraying an assumption that the filesystem is not case-sensitive, which pretty much precludes any POSIX system. His title also has System in title case, further evidence he's not thinking like a *nix user.

Second, the wording where he says that the file is executable strongly reminds me of the way DOS and Windows users state such things ("is an executable file"), not the way *nix people usually say it ("file is executable by the user" or "file has execute permission" or such). This is perhaps subtle, but the wording makes me think, "the filename has .exe on the end of it", not "chmod +x".

In reply to Re: "System" will not run an executable by jonadab
in thread "System" will not run an executable by redjac

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