Converting an icon to a file.

[elmo]

Charlie Kravetz wrote:
> On Tue, 2008-02-05 at 21:47 -0500, elmo wrote:
>   
>> There's an icon  on my ubuntu desktop that is rated executable but I'm
>> not able to execute it directly.
>>
>> I've heard that there's a way to convert such icons into files that can
>> be executed.   How is  the conversion from icon form to a file accomplished?
>>     
> To give you a correct answer, I need to know what the file is. What is
> the name? What type of file is it?
>
> Many files can be made executable by right clicking, click on
> properties, and check 'Execute:'  Of course, this does not always work.
>
> good luck,
>   
The file that is represented by an icon is  .' unstopcp '   As far as I 
can tell,  it isn't executable
in icon form..

It  is originally downloaded as  ' unstopcp.gz , then processed by these 
commands:
             gunzip unstopcp.gz
             chmod a+x unstopcp
             ./unstopcp

My interpretation:
The first and second commands create an icon called  ' unstopcp '
The 3rd command is supposed to create the file form of  ' /unstopcp ' 
and execute it.
 
What you should see is a menu where you enter the name of the source,   
for example :  /dev/sda2
and the name of the destination, ie: /dev/sdc1.    Pressing " COPY " 
should start the operation where
you should see the transfer of files

My problem is,  it starts but immediately stops.the copy action.