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Date: Mon, 12 Jul 1999 11:23:35 -0400
From: Chris Faylor <cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com>
To: Brendan Simon <brendan AT dgs DOT monash DOT edu DOT au>
Cc: Ajoy Victor <dajoy AT hoy DOT net>, cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com
Subject: Re: Problems with Hello World.
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In-Reply-To: <37897458.4D47FD33@dgs.monash.edu.au>; from Brendan Simon on Mon, Jul 12, 1999 at 02:51:36PM +1000

On Mon, Jul 12, 1999 at 02:51:36PM +1000, Brendan Simon wrote:
>Another thing is to make sure the file has executable permissions.  Use
>"chmod +x <file>" to give the permissions.  I can see by your directory
>listing that the file has the correct permissions so that is OK.

A file whose extension ends in '.exe' is pretty much guaranteed to have
executable permissions in cygwin so the chmod +x command is not
necessary.  In fact, unless you are using special CYGWIN= settings, it
won't even have an affect one way or the other.

cgf

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