On Jul 21 11:00, Frank Fesevur wrote: > Hemal Pandya wrote: > >If I create a file somefile.exe "outside cygwin" then cygwin reports > >that it is executable. But if the file is created by cygwin then it > >does not become executable unless explicitly set. > > > >One implication of this is that when I extract a .zip using cygwin > >unzip then the .exe, .dll, .bat etc do not get the executable > >permission. > > > >Is there a way to tell cygwin to assign u+x for the files created from > >cygwin for which it would have otherwise assumed this permission? > > I'm experiencing similar problems when I download an .exe with wget. > Since my question on this issues didn't get a real satisfying answer, I > still download to a FAT32 drive. So I hope this problem can be solved.
I don't understand the problem. You have the same behaviour when downloading (or unziping) an executable file on Linux. It's not executable by default, unless you set an option which also transfers the mode bits (scp -p, for instance). chmod is the way to go. 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/
