[NBLUG/talk] OT: Primes revisited

[Steve Zimmerman]

On Friday 06 June 2003 09:19 pm, you wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 06, 2003 at 08:16:36PM -0700, Steve Zimmerman wrote:
> }  Steve Zimmerman wrote:
> }
> } > } I'm lost, but not terribly concerned about it.  I have that rpm
> installed } > } under which I see the "primes" program at frankb.us/stuff,
> but } > } when I go `whereis primes' I get the classic blank stare:
> `primes:'. }
> } E. Frank Ball replied:
> }
> } > Did you set the file permissions to execute?  chmod a+x primes
> } > Is primes somewhere which is in your PATH?
> }
> } Thank you for your help, Frank.  What is the use of setting file
> } permissions if I don't have primes, which it doesn't look like I do?
> } Similarly, how could primes be in my $PATH if I don't have it?
> } If it's anywhere on my system, `whereis primes' would find it,
> } would it not?
>
> You noticed my web page, I thought you downloaded it.

Sorry, I'm getting too short-circuited here.  Can you talk on the
IRC?

-- 
Steve Zimmerman