Re: Reincarnation of "Permission denied running programs in other directories"

2001-12-23 Thread Mark Himsley
On Sat, 22 Dec 2001 17:08:25 -0800 (PST) you wrote: >If I knew which package this particular file >was located (Hint-hint, maybe a little help here someone?), >I could re-install that package. 2 minutes of searching on www.cygwin.com would find you http://www.cygwin.com/packages/binutils/binuti

Re: Reincarnation of "Permission denied running programs in other directories"

2001-12-22 Thread Aaron J. Outhier
Well, I made another big step in figuring this one out: First, I discovered that "/usr/i686-pc-cygwin/as.exe" is only 26 bytes in size, and "/usr/bin/zipinfo.exe" is only 20 bytes in size. I thought that was odd, so I reinstalled the "unzip" package stored my hard drive, and then ran "zipinfo".

Re: Reincarnation of "Permission denied running programs in other directories"

2001-12-21 Thread Aaron J. Outhier
Well, I think I just made a giant step in the solving of this problem, but I still can't figure out what makes certain executables spit out "Permission Denied" when run. As it turns out, if you'll notice in the makefile output of my recent submission, the makefile makes use of /usr/i686-pc-cy

Reincarnation of "Permission denied running programs in other directories"

2001-12-21 Thread Aaron J. Outhier
while trying to run zipinfo from anywhere - even the containing directory! Also, I dug up the following mailing-list submission (I'm including the top portion only, to conserve space). You may wish to x-ref with it. Re: Permission denied running programs in other directories From: "

Re: Permission denied running programs in other directories

2001-12-16 Thread Paul G.
Hi folks, disclaimer: can't say with certainty (99%) that what it appears to be is actually the case. This is more like me thinking out loud than anything else. On 15 Dec 2001 at 18:42, Chris Bagwell wrote: > Hello, > > I am having problems running some development programs and could use >

Permission denied running programs in other directories

2001-12-15 Thread Chris Bagwell
Hello, I am having problems running some development programs and could use some help. I have been using Cygwin successfully running Windows 98. Actually, I'm running it under Linux using the program Win4Lin. This causes the filesystem to appear a little differently then under real windows