Re: Problem with NC.1.107

[L A Walsh <cygwin at tlinx dot org>]

Jay Cotton wrote:
> Here is the package listing at cygwin
>
> nc: A simple but powerful network tool (installed binaries and support
> files)
>
>     2013-03-19 15:35           0 usr/
>     2013-03-19 15:35           0 usr/bin/
>     2013-03-19 15:35       24576 usr/bin/nc.exe
>     2013-03-19 15:35           0 usr/share/
>     2013-03-19 15:35           0 usr/share/man/
>     2013-03-19 15:35           0 usr/share/man/man1/
>     2013-03-19 15:30        5052 usr/share/man/man1/nc.1.gz
---
	Right.  It has the two files I mentioned below, and
nc.exe isn't a text file or makefile -- but is shown by the
cygwin "file" command as an executable.


You said:
> I don't see the PE32+ executable (console) x86-64, for MS Windows
> > >>> string.

Whereas, when I used the file command, it printed out exactly
what you were searching for.  Thus my assertion that your file
command is the likely culprit.

> file /usr/bin/nc
> >>
> /usr/bin/nc: PE32+ executable (console) x86-64 (stripped to external PDB),
> for MS Windows


As for the not-executable error message, have you checked,
as suggested elsewhere, whether or not you have some cheap
anti-virus installed that blocks programs that are not viruses
like 'nc'?


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