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Binary file execution error

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Name: bijus
Date: April 17, 2004 at 00:42:41 Pacific
OS: hp-ux
CPU/Ram: 937MHZ/64MB
Comment:

i get error executing binary files in red hat linux i used the ./ to execute the file but it says bash:cannot execute binary file.



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Name: bijus
Date: April 17, 2004 at 01:01:29 Pacific
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the o/p of the file command is as follows if thats of any help

msc2txt: ELF 32-bit MSB executable, SPARC, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked
(uses shared libs), stripped

and the error i get is

bash: ./msc2txt: cannot execute binary file

os- linux 9 kernel-2.4.20-8


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Response Number 2
Name: taurus
Date: April 17, 2004 at 07:23:53 Pacific
Reply:

Are you trying to execute a binary from Sparc on your PC running Linux??? I am not sure exactly what you are trying to do here...

taurus


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Response Number 3
Name: Sord
Date: April 17, 2004 at 21:17:26 Pacific
Reply:

Also to add to what taurus is saying, are you using hp-ux or RedHat?


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