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Re: awk permissions related problem - manual-entry --> awk: permission denied
- To: Chuck dot Irvine at mail dot sprint dot com
- Subject: Re: awk permissions related problem - manual-entry --> awk: permission denied
- From: Earnie Boyd <earnie_boyd at yahoo dot com>
- Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2001 20:27:20 -0500
- CC: cygwin at cygwin dot com, ntemacs-users at cs dot washington dot edu
- References: <H00009db08493ddb.0980706433.kcopmp06@MHS>
- Reply-To: cygwin <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
Chuck.Irvine@mail.sprint.com wrote:
> Hi Earnie,
>
> Deleting and re-creating the link resulted in the same problem.
>
> The other approach, if I understood correctly, resulted in a different
> problem. I deleted the awk link and created a script named awk with the
> contents:
>
> ----------------------------------
> #!/bin/sh
> gawk $*
> -----------------------------------
No, this isn't what I was thinking, but never mind. I just noticed we're
talking about ntemacs. Non-Cygwin programs aren't going to understand
symbollic links. Do
rm awk.exe
cp gawk.exe awk.exe
HTH,
Earnie.
P.S.: In your script you should have used $@ instead of $*.
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