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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.mira.net.au!inquo!news.seinf.abb.se!nooft.abb.no!Norway.EU.net!nntp.uio.no!news.cais.net!hunter.premier.net!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.silcom.com!not-for-mail From: clarence@silcom.com (Clarence Gardner) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Running SCO binaries Date: 24 Jul 1996 22:41:14 GMT Organization: Silicon Beach - Internet Business Services Lines: 24 Message-ID: <4t68qa$5ku@ocean.silcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: oldbeach.silcom.com X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 950824BETA PL0] I'm trying to run a commercial program (ICVerify). I got the SCO version, but when I run it, it's not being executed. It looks like the shell is trying to interpret it -- i'm getting a "syntax error on line 12". I've rebuilt my kernel with 'OPTION COMPAT_IBCS2' and set the ibcs2=YES in /etc/sysconfig. modstat shows ibcs2_mod and ibcs2_coff_mod loaded. (it actually showed that before i rebuilt the kernel too). According to the 'file' command, the sco programs i have are Microsoft a.out files. Is this correct? Is there perhaps more than one executable format on sco, and freebsd only supports some? Is there any documentation on running ibcs2 programs? The only thing I ever found was the question in the faq about socksys errors, and I happened across the readme in /sys/i386/ibcs2. TIA for any pointers. By the way, I'd also be interested in hearing from anyone who would be interested in a native version of ICVerify. -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Clarence Gardner Silicon Beach Communications Software Products and Services Division clarence@silcom.com