At 05:44 PM 3/12/2002, Ethan Mallove wrote: >I was trying to compile a simple multi-file C++ >program when i got this error message: > >/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-cygwin/2.95.3-5/../../../../i686-pc-cygwin/bin/ld: >cannot open output file a.exe: Permission denied >collect2: ld returned 1 exit status > >i moved all the files into a different directory and >abracadabra the error message didn't occur. What was >happening when i was getting the "permission denied" >error?
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