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On 8/27/2011 7:50 AM, srinu wrote:
> Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) [E]<BBuchbinder<at>  niaid.nih.gov>  writes:
>
>>
>> Eliot Moss sent the following at Monday, March 28, 2011 10:28 PM
>>> Why not just use the Windows version and invoke it from cygwin (if
>>> cygwin is the environment from which you want to do that)? It is easy
>>> to invoke Windows programs from cygwin; you just need to remember to
>>> format any arguments in the form the Windows program wants. To that end,
>>> cygpath is a useful utility, e.g.:
>>>
>>> function acrobat () { }
>>>    command acrobat $(cygpath -wa ${1})
>>> }
>>>
>>> in your .bashrc file allows you to invoke Windows acrobat with a path
>>> rewritten from cygwin format to Windows format. This can be improved to
>>> check for presence of the argument ${1}, etc., but perhaps you get the
>>> idea.
>>
>> - You should probably also add some quotes, in case your paths have spaces.
>> - A complete path to acrobat will avoid needing to have it in your path.
>> - Using cygstart will get you back to your command prompt.
>>
>> function acrobat () {
>>      if [ -f "${1}" ]
>>      then
>>          cygstart '/path/acrobat' "$(cygpath -wa "${1}")"
>>      else
>>          echo "error: file `${1}' not found!"
>>      fi
>> }
>>
>> Note:  I have not tested the above.  Debugging is left as an exercise for
>> the user.
>>
>> - You also might look at cyg-wrapper.sh, found here:
>>      http://hermitte.free.fr/cygwin/
>>    Note:  I don't use it so YMMV.
>>
>> Good luck.
>>
>> - Barry
>>    Disclaimer: Statements made herein are not made on behalf of NIAID.
>>
>>
>
> Hi,
>
> This problem is very frequently occuring irrespective of executable.
> A new laptop, windows7, downloaded the Cygwin with utmostcare in slecetingthe
> desired and permissions.
> Wrote simple programe in c ( simple such that: print "hello world").
> while try to run the executable created throws the error: cannot execute
> binary file.
>
> flow is like follows:
> C file created: Hello.c ( full permissions)
> Compiled and linked: gcc -c Hello.c -o helloTest
> chmod 777 helloTest
> ./helloTest
> bash: ./helloTest : cannot execute binary file
>
> Tried all options which I know, googled no clue.
> I tried in other machines too, same error.
>
> I think something is missing, earlier used to work on my old system. But last
> few months I tried several times reinstalling, new machines which I got for
> personal use.
>
> Is there any solution or inputs please.
>
> regards,
> ramana

start from here:

> Problem reports:       http://cygwin.com/problems.html


further questions:
- local disk or network disk ?
- results of "ls -l helloTest" ?


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