Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com X-Originating-IP: [203.152.134.5] X-Originating-Email: [vm6580 AT hotmail DOT com] From: "Vikram Mehta" To: References: <20030524101049 DOT GA19367 AT cygbert DOT vinschen DOT de> Subject: Re:For Corinna Executable bit in FAT Date: Sat, 24 May 2003 16:26:07 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 24 May 2003 10:56:33.0064 (UTC) FILETIME=[23560A80:01C321E3] Hi Corina, First thanx for ur reply.... I hv seen ur name at lots of places in CYGWIN world. I am glad u took the trouble of answering my rather basic question. But one thing.... I tried one thingds suggested on the net. umount...... mount -x ..... ....... With this I could set executable bit to a file. Do u think it is the right approach. Because switiching to NTFS will take a heavy toll on my very limited time frame Kindly tell me wjat shud I do Vikram Mehta ----- Original Message ----- From: "Corinna Vinschen" To: Sent: Saturday, May 24, 2003 3:10 AM Subject: Re: Executable bit in FAT > On Sat, May 24, 2003 at 01:52:16PM -0700, Vikram Mehta wrote: > > How do I set executable bits for a file in CYGWIN on FAT32 .I am using > > Windows2k > > You can't, except by giving the right extension (.exe) or, if it's > a script, by having a first line with "#!/path/to/interpreter". > > Corinna > > -- > Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to > Cygwin Developer mailto:cygwin AT cygwin DOT com > Red Hat, Inc. > > -- > Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html > Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html > FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ > > -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/