Re: Why /usr/bin/*.dll must be executable?

[VÃclav Zeman <vhaisman at gmail dot com>]

On 20 April 2012 15:02, De-Jian Zhao wrote:
> Hi,
>
> When I type "cyg" and Tab, many executables starting with "cyg" are listed
> (Display all 262 possibilities? (y or n) y). I find that many of them are
> *.dll libraries under /usr/bin/. This is inconvenient to find the real
> executable applications (*.exe). Since *.dll files are only libraries, they
> are not necessary to have the attribute of "x". Thus, I run the command
> "chmod a-x /usr/bin/*.dll". Unexpectedly, cygwin is corrupted. I closed the
> terminal and failed to restart Cygwin. I started my Âolder version of Cygwin
> (I did not deleted it after installing a new version), and added "x" to the
> previous *.dll files. The dead Cygwin revived.
>
> I am confused why /usr/bin/*.dll should be executable. I thought they were
> only library files. When I tried to run a dll file, bash says "cannot
> execute binary file". Are there some hidden stories?
DLLs are executables thus they need the +x bit. This is a Windows thing.

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