Sebastian 'lunar' Wiesner wrote: > No, they aren't! Try this:
you're confusing the shell's "is this file executable" check with the loader's "can I execute this file" check: $ export PATH=.:$PATH $ dd if=/dev/zero of=ls count=1 1+0 records in 1+0 records out $ ls -l ls -rw-rw-r-- 1 slab slab 512 Dec 20 03:33 ls $ chmod a+x ls $ ls -bash: ./ls: cannot execute binary file </F> -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list