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Re: cannot open output file a.exe: Permission denied
- From: "Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" <lhall at rfk dot com>
- To: Ethan Mallove <emallove at yahoo dot com>, cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2002 17:58:22 -0500
- Subject: Re: cannot open output file a.exe: Permission denied
At 05:44 PM 3/12/2002, Ethan Mallove wrote:
>I was trying to compile a simple multi-file C++
>program when i got this error message:
>
>/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-cygwin/2.95.3-5/../../../../i686-pc-cygwin/bin/ld:
>cannot open output file a.exe: Permission denied
>collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
>
>i moved all the files into a different directory and
>abracadabra the error message didn't occur. What was
>happening when i was getting the "permission denied"
>error?
I'm going to guess a permissions problem. Review the email archives/user
documentation for more information on this subject.
Larry Hall lhall@rfk.com
RFK Partners, Inc. http://www.rfk.com
838 Washington Street (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office
Holliston, MA 01746 (508) 893-9889 - FAX
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