Path: utzoo!telly!eci386!ecicrl!clewis From: clewis@ferret.ocunix.on.ca (Chris Lewis) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: I have a stupid q. Keywords: stupid q. Message-ID: <1385@ecicrl.ocunix.on.ca> Date: 11 Apr 91 17:34:18 GMT References: <406@platypus.uofs.edu> <1991Apr8.215454.22894@athena.mit.edu> <1991Apr9.123336.12706@cid.aes.doe.CA> Organization: Elegant Communications Inc., Ottawa, Canada Lines: 36 In article <1991Apr9.123336.12706@cid.aes.doe.CA> afsipmh@cid.aes.doe.CA (Patrick Hertel) writes: >In article <1991Apr8.215454.22894@athena.mit.edu> jik@athena.mit.edu (Jonathan I. Kamens) writes: >>In article <406@platypus.uofs.edu>, mhm2@jaguar.ucs.uofs.edu (MALINOSKI MARC H) writes: >>|> How come everytime I try to execute a Makefile, I >>|> get "permission denied"? >> This would probably be better in comp.unix.questions rather than in >>comp.sources.games.bugs, since it is a general question about Makefiles and >>not a specific question about any particular game. >> In any case, you don't execute Makefiles. They are not programs. You use >>the "make" program to build programs based on what's in the Makefile. A >>Makefile is a configuration file for the "make" program. See the man page for >>"make" for more information. > I think he was just being fast and loose with his language and then > you never answered the question ( and you are usually so good at this > stuff! :) ) Actually, I think jik did answer the question, but the question require very special attention to *precise* wording. The original question implies that he was trying to type: Makefile rather than make Of course you'd get permission denied from the former. Unless the makefile was executable. In that case, the errors would be "interesting".... -- Chris Lewis, Phone: (613) 832-0541, Internet: clewis@ferret.ocunix.on.ca UUCP: uunet!mitel!cunews!latour!ecicrl!clewis; Ferret Mailing List: ferret-request@eci386; Psroff (not Adobe Transcript) enquiries: psroff-request@eci386 or Canada 416-832-0541. Psroff 3.0 in c.s.u soon!