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I found this message in my hosted Gmail (Google Apps) account’s Spam 
folder.  I wonder why Gmail thought it was spam?  Because it contained 
the URL of a(n) (Windows) executable file?

Dave Korn wrote:
> G.W. Haywood wrote:
>
>>> BTW, if you run "setup.exe --help", it will (depending on OS
>>> version) either display the usage instructions to the screen,

I assume you mean it will print the usage instructions to stdout or 
stderr, which are not necessarily connected to a terminal?

> or
>>> dump them to a setup.log file in the directory where you run it.
>>
>> That's not correct (*):
>>
>> laptop:~$>>>  ./setup.exe
>> -bash: ./setup.exe: cannot execute binary file
>
>    Well strictly it is, since I said what would happen if you ran it, and not
> what would happen if you _didn't_ run it (for whatever reason that might
> happen to be)!

Because G.W. Haywood is not running it on Windows (nor ReactOS) nor with 
Wine?

>
>> Yes, one could just *try it*, if he had a Windows machine on which to
>> try it.

Not all Cygwin users are male.  Please use “he or she” or, if you agree 
with singular usage of traditionally plural pronouns, “they” instead of 
“he”.

>
> *koff*

Don’t you mean *COFF* (as opposed to ELF)? ;)

> Prepare to be shocked, amazed, awed and astounded!
>
>> [davek AT ubique ~]$ uname -a

bash?  Shouldn’t you use *ksh? ;)

>> Linux ubique.localdomain 2.6.27.21-170.2.56.fc10.i686 #1 SMP Mon Mar 23 23:37:54 EDT 2009 i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux
>> [davek AT ubique ~]$ wget http://cygwin.com/setup.exe
>> --2010-01-18 13:20:58--  http://cygwin.com/setup.exe
>> Resolving cygwin.com... 209.132.180.131
>> Connecting to cygwin.com|209.132.180.131|:80... connected.
>> HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
>> Length: 624128 (610K) [application/octet-stream]

Is that a (bit)stream of eighth notes in the key of C? ;)

>> Saving to: `setup.exe'
>>
>> 100%[====================================================================================>] 624,128     28.6K/s   in 16s
>>
>> 2010-01-18 13:21:15 (37.3 KB/s) - `setup.exe' saved [624128/624128]
>>
>> [davek AT ubique ~]$ chmod a+x setup.exe
>> [davek AT ubique ~]$ wine ./setup.exe --help

Are you using Wine with the builtin xor native libraries?  Note:  the 
xor operator is to prevent a “Yes” answer since this question requires a 
string, not a boolean, as an answer. :)

>> fixme:msvcrt:MSVCRT_setlocale :Codepage only locale not implemented
>> Starting cygwin install, version 2.677
>> io_stream_cygfile: fopen(/etc/setup/setup.rc) failed 2 No such file or directory
>> io_stream_cygfile: fopen(/etc/setup/last-cache) failed 2 No such file or directory
>> io_stream_cygfile: fopen(/etc/setup/last-action) failed 2 No such file or directory
>> io_stream_cygfile: fopen(/etc/setup/net-method) failed 2 No such file or directory
>> io_stream_cygfile: fopen(/etc/setup/net-proxy-host) failed 2 No such file or directory
>> io_stream_cygfile: fopen(/etc/setup/net-proxy-port) failed 2 No such file or directory
>> io_stream_cygfile: fopen(/etc/setup/last-mirror) failed 2 No such file or directory
>> io_stream_cygfile: fopen(/etc/setup/extrakeys) failed 2 No such file or directory
>> io_stream_cygfile: fopen(/etc/setup/chooser_window_settings) failed 2 No such file or directory
>> Current Directory: Z:\home\davek
>>
>> Command Line Options:

<snip>

>> Ending cygwin install
>> AddAccessAllowedAce(, owner) failed: 1337
>> AddAccessAllowedAce(, group) failed: 1337
>> AddAccessAllowedAce(, everyone) failed: 1337
>> AddAccessAllowedAce(, owner) failed: 1337
>> AddAccessAllowedAce(, group) failed: 1337
>> AddAccessAllowedAce(, everyone) failed: 1337

Does this mean you are too 1337 to be allowed access? ;)

>> [davek AT ubique ~]$
>
>    :-)
>
>      cheers,
>        DaveK

Did you know old Apple keyboards, such as the Apple Extended Keyboard II 
from 1989, have the bumps on D and K instead of F and J? :)  I used to 
have one of those keyboards in my 68k Mac collection.  I wish I had kept 
the keyboard because it would be cool if I could use it on a PC with an 
ADB→USB converter.  I liked that keyboard’s feel:  it had mechanical key 
switches instead of rubber membrane/dome switches.  The Caps Lock key 
stayed down when Caps Lock was on, like Shift Lock on a typewriter (and 
a C64?).  I forgot if it had the Lock LEDs on the keys themselves or in 
a group elsewhere on the keyboard.


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