Re: problem with g77

[Larry Hall <cygwin-lh at cygwin dot com>]

Hannu E K Nevalainen (garbage mail) wrote:

> > From: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com [mailto:cygwin-owner@cygwin.com]On Behalf
> > Of Dr Jeff Forshaw
>
>
> > Hello!
> > I have a peculiar problem using g77. I can compile and produce sensible
> > object files, and I can create executables. However, when I come
> > to run the
> > executable I get the error
> > "bash: MZ?: command not found"
>
>
> $ od -t x1z </usr/bin/ls.exe | head -1
> 0000000 4d 5a 90 00 03 00 00 00 04 00 00 00 ff ff 00 00  >MZ..............<
> $ . /usr/bin/ls.exe
> bash: MZ?: command not found
>
>  Seems to me that bash is trying to _source_  your executable. ( $ help
> source )
>
>  What filesystem are you using?
> If not FAT or FAT32 then try "chmod u+x" on the executable.
> (IIRC there is some problems regarding chmod on FAT fs'es.)


Actually, chmod works fine on FAT (not FAT32) with 'ntea' set on
NT/W2K/XP.


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