Question:

Can I run a UNIX executable on Mac OS X Tiger?

If so, how is it done?

Background:

I FTP'd my schools UNIX server some C++ code and header files. Then I used Telnet to get g++ to compile them.

I then FTP'd the UNIX executable back to my PowerBook G4.

I've already used chmod to allow me to read and write from/to the file. I've also tried the command ./UNIXHashTable to run it. Here is the result fo that effort:

Thorn-Inc-15-G4:~/Desktop antonthorn$ chmod u+rwx UNIXHashTable
Thorn-Inc-15-G4:~/Desktop antonthorn$ ./UNIXHashTable
-bash: ./UNIXHashTable: cannot execute binary file

P.S. It's not a big deal if I can't run this program on my Mac without having to recompile it, but if there is a way it can be done, I'd like to know how. Thank you in advance!

Tiger is a form of UNIX.

Different UNIX servers may have compatible operating systems. To answer your question, you need to inform everyone here the exact UNIX operating system your "school" system uses.

Sorry. I didn't realize that.

Sun Microsystems SunOS 5.9

Thanks!

Anton

The best way to have cross-platform interoperability is to use GNU GCC on both platform to configure and compile GCC compatible source code. Binaries on SUN OS will not work on OS X, and OS X binaries with not work on SUN OS.

For example, see:

http://www.kempston.net/solaris/utilitysoftware.html

and

http://developer.apple.com/tools/gcc_overview.html

and also:

http://developer.apple.com/tools/

and don't forget:

www.gnu.org !

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