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Re: cant run binaries in cygwin


Martin,

Please read the below carefully.  Cygwin cannot run *Linux* binaries.
Cygwin, of course, *can* run Cygwin binaries (always could).

Unless you mean "there's no binary but the Linux binary", in which case
Cygwin will probably not be of much use to you, but you might be
interested in something like Line (<http://line.sourceforge.net/>).
	Igor

On Tue, 25 Mar 2003, Martin Gainty wrote:

> so...cygwin CANNOT run binaries?
> uh oh!
> Thanks!
> Marty
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Max Bowsher" <maxb at ukf dot net>
> To: "Martin Gainty" <mgainty at hotmail dot com>; <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2003 7:52 AM
> Subject: Re: cant run binaries in cygwin
>
> > Martin Gainty wrote:
> > > Hello
> > > ./bin/my_print_defaults: 1: Syntax error: "(" unexpected
> > > What is cygwin doing to this binary to cause this error?
> > > How do I fix?
> >
> > Last time someone got this error, they were trying to run Linux binaries
> > under Cygwin.
> >
> > YOU CAN'T DO THIS!
> >
> > Cygwin is a porting framework, not a binary emulator.
> >
> > Max.

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