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Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2002 20:08:19 -0500
From: Christopher Faylor <cgf AT redhat DOT com>
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Subject: Re: cannot open output file a.exe: Permission denied
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On Tue, Mar 12, 2002 at 05:58:22PM -0500, Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc) wrote:
>At 05:44 PM 3/12/2002, Ethan Mallove wrote:
>>I was trying to compile a simple multi-file C++ program when i got this
>>error message:
>>
>>/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-cygwin/2.95.3-5/../../../../i686-pc-cygwin/bin/ld:
>>cannot open output file a.exe: Permission denied collect2: ld returned
>>1 exit status
>>
>>i moved all the files into a different directory and abracadabra the
>>error message didn't occur.  What was happening when i was getting the
>>"permission denied" error?
>
>I'm going to guess a permissions problem.  Review the email
>archives/user documentation for more information on this subject.

I'm guessing that the user is using a Gould Powerstation as a nfs server
and the 220V power isn't really three phase.

I can't wait to see which of us is correct.

cgf

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