Re: cannot execute binary file

[Gerry Reno <greno@verizon.net>]

On 12/16/2013 07:27 PM, Max Polk wrote:
> On 12/16/2013 5:55 PM, Gerry Reno wrote:
>>      /usr/bin/ls: /usr/bin/ls: cannot execute binary file
>>      /bin/bash: Exit 126
>>
>>
>> This is the error that greets me when I try to execute a command in cygwin from a Windows Command Prompt like so:
>>
>>      C:\cygwin\bin\mintty.exe -h always /bin/bash -l ls
>>
>> This was after installing a new version of Cygwin today.  So I wiped it and installed it again and got the same error
>> again.
>>
>> This used to work because I've called my own scripts this way before.  Is there some new way of doing this?
>>
>
> If you provide a "minus c" option, it will work:
>
> C:\cygwin\bin\mintty.exe -h always -e /bin/bash -l -c ls
>

I just tried it with -c and all it gives you is a totally blank window.

Tried a bunch of other commands using the -c and same thing.  Just a blank window.

Thanks for the suggestion though.



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