Syntax error: "(" unexpected

[Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)]

At 09:32 AM 5/7/2002, Yi Xiong wrote:
>When I run executable files in cygwin, I encountered the following
>error:
>
>Note: "a.out" is a executable file, which can be run in redhat,
>
>$ ./a.out
>./a.out: 1: Syntax error: "(" unexpected


If this executable can be run with Red Hat Linux (I'm assuming that's what
you mean), then it definitely won't run here.  You can only run executables
that have been built for the Windows platform.  It's pretty much the same
issue as trying to run a Solaris executable on Linux (or HP-UX, or Windows, 
etc.)



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