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Vincent R. wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> When trying to get gcc version from a dos command by entering
> C:\>cygwin-1.7\bin\gcc -v
> I get a access denied error message.
> Is it possible change that and allow to call it from external world ?

  It's a symlink, and cmd.exe doesn't know how to resolve cygwin symlinks.
Use the target directly: try "cygwin-1.7\bin\gcc-3 -v" or
"cygwin-1.7\bin\gcc-4 -v".

    cheers,
      DaveK


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