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From: jim@segue.segue.com (Jim Balter)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: I have a stupid q.
Keywords: stupid q.
Message-ID: <7098@segue.segue.com>
Date: 14 Apr 91 02:31:31 GMT
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In article <1385@ecicrl.ocunix.on.ca> clewis@ferret.ocunix.on.ca (Chris Lewis) writes:
>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:
>>  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! :) )

I wonder what Patrick thinks the problem really is or what the answer is,
if not what Jonathan said.

>	Makefile
>
>rather than
>
>	make
>
>Of course you'd get permission denied from the former.

Only from csh.  sh says "execute permission denied", ksh says "cannot execute",
and bash says "command not found".