jik@athena.mit.edu (Jonathan I. Kamens) (04/09/91)
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. -- Jonathan Kamens USnail: MIT Project Athena 11 Ashford Terrace jik@Athena.MIT.EDU Allston, MA 02134 Office: 617-253-8085 Home: 617-782-0710
afsipmh@cid.aes.doe.CA (Patrick Hertel) (04/09/91)
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! :) ) Anyway I (and everyone else on the net no doubt) suspect that the Makefile he is calling is trying to save a file on a directory he has no permission for or something to that effect. Reading the man page on make wouldn't buy him anything here :) >-- >Jonathan Kamens USnail: >MIT Project Athena 11 Ashford Terrace >jik@Athena.MIT.EDU Allston, MA 02134 >Office: 617-253-8085 Home: 617-782-0710 -- Pat Hertel Canadian Meteorological Centre Analyst/Programmer 2121 N. Service Rd. phertel@cmc.aes.doe.ca Dorval,Quebec Environment Canada CANADA H9P1J3
clewis@ferret.ocunix.on.ca (Chris Lewis) (04/12/91)
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!
jim@segue.segue.com (Jim Balter) (04/14/91)
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".