On Jan 23 11:12, Martin wrote: > I am attempting to invoke a command with > execvp/execlp. If a file appears in my PATH before > the executable desired and has the same name as the > executable, the first occurrence of the file name is > used as the executable to invoke. Even though the > first file is NOT marked as executable. > > The attached testcase illustrates this. > Here's a simple shell log: > > bash-3.00$ gcc test2.c -o test2 > bash-3.00$ PATH=/usr/bin:. > bash-3.00$ test2 nopathnoext > NoPathNoExt > bash-3.00$ touch echo > bash-3.00$ ls -l echo > -rw-r--r-- 1 test None 0 Jan 21 15:39 echo > bash-3.00$ test2 nopathnoext > NoPathNoExt > bash-3.00$ PATH=.:/usr/bin > bash-3.00$ test2 nopathnoext > nopathnoext: No such device or address > bash-3.00$ rm -f echo > bash-3.00$ test2 nopathnoext > NoPathNoExt > bash-3.00$ echo garbage > echo > bash-3.00$ test2 nopathnoext > nopathnoext: Permission denied > bash-3.00$ ls -l echo > -rw-r--r-- 1 test None 8 Jan 21 15:40 echo > bash-3.00$ test2 nopathext > NoPathExt > bash-3.00$ test2 path > Path > > Is this normal behavior for execlp/execvp? > Shouldn't the execution permission be set in order to > execute it?
There was a tiny bug in the path evaluation. I've applied a fix. Please give the next developer's snapshot a try. http://cygwin.com/snapshots/ Thanks for the report and the testcase, Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/