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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers syntax error: `(' unexpected Post 11872 by wizard on Thursday 13th of December 2001 09:47:03 AM
Old 12-13-2001
This usually means that the executable format of the binary does not match the executable format expected by the OS. In other words, the app was compiled on a different platform than the one you are trying to run it on. What OS is running on the machine where the app works? What OS is running on the machine where the app gives this message? And last, what is the output of the file command on each machine

i.e. file executable_file_name
 

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NAME
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-h, --help display this help and exit -v, --version output version information and exit -h, --help display this help and exit -v, --version output version information and exit REPORTING BUGS
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