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# 8  
Old 11-09-2010
Well, it might be there and not in the path. Or, you may be in a text only terminal with no standard gui apps. Can it do
Code:
find / -name xterm -type f

# 9  
Old 11-09-2010
Yep it can:
Code:
/private/var/stash/share.JAR6on/terminfo/x/xterm

---------- Post updated at 07:22 PM ---------- Previous update was at 07:18 PM ----------

Gave this a shot:
Code:
/private/var/stash/share.JAR6on/terminfo/x/xterm -e ksh -c 'echo hello;sleep 9'
-sh: /private/var/stash/share.JAR6on/terminfo/x/xterm: Permission denied

no luck

---------- Post updated at 07:46 PM ---------- Previous update was at 07:22 PM ----------

tried copying the file to the tmp dir and changing the permissions to allow me to run it:
Code:
root# /tmp/xterm -e ksh -c 'echo hello;sleep 9'
-sh: /tmp/xterm: cannot execute binary file

no cigar
# 10  
Old 11-09-2010
That file is probably part of the terminfo database for the terminal type "xterm" not the xterm executable.

Code:
$ file /usr/bin/xterm
/usr/bin/xterm: PE32 executable for MS Windows (console) Intel 80386 32-bit

$ file /usr/share/terminfo/x/xterm
/usr/share/terminfo/x/xterm: Compiled terminfo entry

Last edited by Chubler_XL; 11-09-2010 at 11:27 PM..
# 11  
Old 11-10-2010
Yes, terminfo has so many terms it upset old UNIX dir limits, so they made a dir per letter.

Either you have to install X or they use a different facility to make local text windows. Do you have a 'ps -fp $$' to see your own terminal?
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