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Re: cygwin
- From: Joshua Daniel Franklin <joshuadfranklin at yahoo dot com>
- To: geisj at pagestation dot com
- Cc: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2002 06:30:06 -0800 (PST)
- Subject: Re: cygwin
--- Jerry Geis <geisj@pagestation.com> wrote:
> I am new to cygwin. I have it all installed.
> I was hoping I could take an ELF executable that I
> made on my linux box and just run it in the cygwin
> environment.
No, Cygwin can only run Windows executables. What you're
looking for is something like LINE:
http://line.sourceforge.net
> When I do that I get:
>
> Sytax Error: "(" expected
This error actually looks like you might be trying to recompile
your software, which *is* what Cygwin is about. I'm afraid that
without more information, though, there's no way to diagnose.
Hmm, this may be becoming an FAQ.
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