Re: executables from windows files


Subject: Re: executables from windows files
From: Greg Madden (pabi@gci.net)
Date: Tue Apr 09 2002 - 19:14:35 AKDT


On Tue, 2002-04-09 at 18:44, Chris Hamilton wrote:
>
> I'm getting this message when I try to execute a file that I've copied from
> a windows box. When I pull the same file directly from the web onto the
> linux box, and do a chmod and then execute it, it works. What is going on
> in the conversion from a windows box to a linux box that would be causing
> this?
>
> bash: ./iisfilter_gen.txt: bad interpreter: No such file or directory
>
> Thanks.
>
> Chris.

 I am not sure if this applies but Windows ftp downloads files with
'ascii' set as default, 'ncftp' for Linux uses 'binary' as the default.
Dependiing on what type of file you dl this can cause problems.

-- 
Greg Madden
Precision Air Balance, Inc.
email:pabi@gci.net
Phone:(907)276-0461 Fax:(907)258-0461

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