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Re: chmod in cygwin


Linda Armelle Nzumotcha Tchoumkam wrote:
> 
> I am a new user of cygwin in windows xp.
> I want to run an executable program connected to cygwin.
> I use the command chmod as ( â[ugoa]*<[-+=]<[rwxXst]*|[ugo]>>+â  write âchmod
> a+x /C/Program/flowâ)
> But I donât get to the executable program. I receive this message:
> chmod a+x /C/Program/flow : No such file or directory
------------------------------^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Just what it says, you probably want:

chmod a+x /cygdrive/c/Program/flow

assuming "Program" is not really "Program Files" and "flow" is an actual
file or directory, not "flow.exe" or something else.

Hope this helps.
-- 
Renà Berber


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