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Date: | Fri, 10 Aug 2012 22:32:17 -0400 |
From: | "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" <reply-to-list-only-lh AT cygwin DOT com> |
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Subject: | Re: Side-by-side configuration is incorrect reported as permission denied |
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On 8/10/2012 7:31 PM, Andrew DeFaria wrote: > I use Cygwin a lot. And I kick off Windows processes a lot. Recently I've > been having a problem with my system but from Cygwin all I see is > "permission denied": > > Ltsdo-adefaria:cd /cygdrive/c/Program\ Files/IBM/RationalSDLC/Clearquest > Ltsdo-adefaria:ls -l clearquest.exe > -rwxr-xr-x+ 1 Administrators clearusers 245760 Jun 2 2011 > clearquest.exe* > Ltsdo-adefaria:clearquest > bash: ./clearquest: Permission denied > Ltsdo-adefaria: > > However if I use cmd the real error message comes out: > > Ltsdo-adefaria:cmd /c clearquest > The application has failed to start because its side-by-side > configuration is incorrect. Please see the application event log or > use the command-line sxstrace.exe tool for more detail. > > I know that this "side-by-side configuration is incorrect" is a > configuration error on my machine and I need to fix it, but shouldn't > Cygwin's exec(2) report the "side-by-side" error instead of the more > erroneous "Permission denied" error? Cygwin doesn't report Windows error codes. It reports POSIX ones. I have no idea why there would be a POSIX error code for side-by-side errors but if there were, then reporting that is more appropriate. -- Larry _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
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