Volker Quetschke wrote: > $ test -x "/cygdrive/c/Programme/NSIS/NSIS.exe" && echo "executable" > executable
coreutils have special logic for binaries with .exe suffix, which is why this works. > $ perl -e 'if ( ! -x "/cygdrive/c/Programme/NSIS/NSIS.exe" ) {print "not > executable";}' > not executable Technically the file is not executable: > $ id -a > uid=1001(q) gid=513(none) > groups=0(root),513(none),544(Administratoren),545(Benutzer) > > Here are some informations about the file: > > $ ls -l /cygdrive/c/Programme/NSIS/NSIS.exe > -rwx------+ 1 Administratoren none 254976 Nov 10 2003 > /cygdrive/c/Programme/NSIS/NSIS.exe* The permissions on the file indicate that it is only executable by the owner (Administratoren) which is not the account you are running the command from. If you add +x for the group or chown the file it should work. Brian -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/