On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 9:33 AM, Jasmit Kaur <> wrote: > I have recently downloaded cygwin. I am trying to run a ready compiled > C binary program using bash shell...I get the following error...cannot > execute binary file - any suggestions? > > Thanks > Jasmit > > --
First, welcome to Cygwin. Second, please follow the guidelines here http://cygwin.com/problems.html when reporting an issue. Finally, what do you mean exactly by "ready compiled C binary program?" If it wasn't compiled using Cygwin, it won't run under Cygwin. You may need to take the source code and compile it using a Cygwin bash shell and the Cygwin gcc environment. From the Cygwin home page: What Isn't Cygwin? # Cygwin is not a way to run native linux apps on Windows. You have to rebuild your application from source if you want it to run on Windows. # Cygwin is not a way to magically make native Windows apps aware of UNIX ® functionality, like signals, ptys, etc. Again, you need to build your apps from source if you want to take advantage of Cygwin functionality. Thanks. -Jason -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple