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From: Andrew DeFaria <Andrew AT DeFaria DOT com>
Subject:  Re: UNZIP: Why don't .exe/.dll files get eXecute privs?
Date:  Fri, 14 Aug 2009 19:07:19 -0700
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Jim Reisert AD1C wrote:
> Something has been bugging me about Cygwin UNZIP for years. When I 
> unzip a file, the extracted .exe and .dll files no longer have execute 
> privs. I have to manually chmod +x them. This always occurs when I'm 
> in a DOS prompt and using the Cygwin unzip.
Why would DLLs need execute?
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Andrew DeFaria <http://defaria.com>
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