X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:message-id:date:from:mime-version:to:subject :references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; q=dns; s=default; b=DUTWLCwG7r1WFl0sBtwVbFSIqdrngf/xW5/StdKO0eY WUklBorwdKHi0ac2YFnWQSzxEmWnp9zI9ufJM9f39FcMdqYYHEnVrl/nIWu4WVVd 6/ZK0btH4Kd8aHXIASN5t3OYi2RCA1mBGb2Ge0knwgwcsB5ZZI5/4PrZn9vRgt6o = DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:message-id:date:from:mime-version:to:subject :references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; s=default; bh=wdgMbZrvF1P52UqYYdpSAq2I8cA=; b=NyRIvdIbMQ+nXTECb CSaf/1ktuG2nwx0eLDiSCKy6TKUvkFr28A5kQ3IKV38U9sU+NRk5KWlST3+cI/c7 vgpPnljtjU1309M1m3sc6ey1Y09lSNuHqbebUaAin8ysIltfSZUGyPGCv1FTGjtd /ZfrUti+iIAT2fXM/0OVhcGtkU= Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: 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 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-2.4 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,RP_MATCHES_RCVD,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 X-HELO: vms173025pub.verizon.net Message-id: <52AFBDAE.5040808@verizon.net> Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2013 21:57:50 -0500 From: Gerry Reno User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130625 Thunderbird/17.0.7 MIME-version: 1.0 To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: cannot execute binary file References: <52AF84E3 DOT 7070109 AT verizon DOT net> <52AF9A80 DOT 5010605 AT gmail DOT com> <52AF9B87 DOT 2030906 AT verizon DOT net> <52AFB969 DOT 6040501 AT cygwin DOT com> In-reply-to: <52AFB969.6040501@cygwin.com> Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes On 12/16/2013 09:39 PM, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: > On 12/16/2013 7:32 PM, Gerry Reno wrote: >> On 12/16/2013 07:27 PM, Max Polk wrote: >>> On 12/16/2013 5:55 PM, Gerry Reno wrote: >>>> /usr/bin/ls: /usr/bin/ls: cannot execute binary file >>>> /bin/bash: Exit 126 >>>> >>>> >>>> This is the error that greets me when I try to execute a command in cygwin from a Windows Command Prompt like so: >>>> >>>> C:\cygwin\bin\mintty.exe -h always /bin/bash -l ls >>>> >>>> This was after installing a new version of Cygwin today. So I wiped it and installed it again and got the same error >>>> again. >>>> >>>> This used to work because I've called my own scripts this way before. Is there some new way of doing this? >>>> >>> >>> If you provide a "minus c" option, it will work: >>> >>> C:\cygwin\bin\mintty.exe -h always -e /bin/bash -l -c ls >>> >> >> I just tried it with -c and all it gives you is a totally blank window. >> >> Tried a bunch of other commands using the -c and same thing. Just a blank window. > > In that case, there's something in your installation that isn't quite right. > The above suggestion resolves the issue you described just fine for me. If > you're still experiencing the problem when you use the '-c' flag and need to > consult with the list further on this issue, I recommend following the > problem reporting guidelines found at the link below with your next message: > >> Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html > > I just got finished installing Cygwin on another machine and this time the -c does work. So I went back and looked at the original machine. There are 2 cygwin installations on that machine in different directories. I had forgotten that Cygwin got installed a while back on this machine to support some app that needed it. So somehow having 2 different installations breaks this mintty -e capability. Does this qualify as a bug? Is Cygwin supporting 2 independent installations? -- 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