Martin, Please read the below carefully. Cygwin cannot run *Linux* binaries. Cygwin, of course, *can* run Cygwin binaries (always could).
Unless you mean "there's no binary but the Linux binary", in which case Cygwin will probably not be of much use to you, but you might be interested in something like Line (<http://line.sourceforge.net/>). Igor On Tue, 25 Mar 2003, Martin Gainty wrote: > so...cygwin CANNOT run binaries? > uh oh! > Thanks! > Marty > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Max Bowsher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Martin Gainty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2003 7:52 AM > Subject: Re: cant run binaries in cygwin > > > Martin Gainty wrote: > > > Hello > > > ./bin/my_print_defaults: 1: Syntax error: "(" unexpected > > > What is cygwin doing to this binary to cause this error? > > > How do I fix? > > > > Last time someone got this error, they were trying to run Linux binaries > > under Cygwin. > > > > YOU CAN'T DO THIS! > > > > Cygwin is a porting framework, not a binary emulator. > > > > Max. -- http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ |\ _,,,---,,_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ZZZzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Igor Pechtchanski '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! Oh, boy, virtual memory! Now I'm gonna make myself a really *big* RAMdisk! -- /usr/games/fortune -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
