execute of pthreads-2001-07-03 fails

[Ross Johnson]

Thanks. I've temporarily renamed the file to .zip on both ftp
sites:

ftp://sources.redhat.com/pub/pthreads-win32/
and
ftp://real.ise.canberra.edu.au/pub/pthreads-win32/

Ross

reentrant wrote:
> 
> At the moment it appears to be a zip file and not an exe.  Rename it to .zip
> and unzip it as usual and it should work.  That error and "illegal instruction"
> seem pretty common when a file is not actually an exe but named as one.
> 
> Dave
> 
> --- Scott Rowe <scott@el.dms.moore.com> wrote:
> > Hello,
> > when I download and run the pthreads-2001-07-03.exe file, I
> > get the DOS error message: "Program too big to fit in memory"
> >
> > the previous release runs and unpacks fine. Do you know what
> > could be wrong?
> > Thank you.
> > Scott Rowe
> >
> >
> 
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