chaman wrote:
> when i run makefile of /usr/src/boot it give error : -
which line or which command on exection(inside make) gives this error.
can u put the exact error message with the previous command output

> exec format error
this happens when the executable header is corrupt


> i installed minix-3.1.2a on p4 machine.

regards
kanishk

when i run makefile first time error mess give :
permission denied
i give the permission by
chmod +x Makefile
then run by
../Makefile
give above error mess. but when i simply write a c file & run by either
cc or gcc it gives no error. Minix install without any problem.

chaman wrote:
> when i run makefile first time error mess give :
> permission denied
> i give the permission by
> chmod +x Makefile
> then run by
> ./Makefile
> give above error mess. but when i simply write a c file & run by either
> cc or gcc it gives no error. Minix install without any problem.
>

The 'Makefile' file is not the program to run. The file contains a list
of actions the are interpreted and executed by the program 'make'.

The make program searches the current directory for a file called the
makefile (or Makefile) that contains the rules to produce the expected
program. Once a suitable file exists simply use the command:
$ make
from the shell prompt.

For further details use:
$ man make

Ciao
Giovanni
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it stops working when you open Windows.
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In article ,
Giovanni wrote:
>chaman wrote:
>> when i run makefile first time error mess give :
>> permission denied
>> i give the permission by
>> chmod +x Makefile
>> then run by
>> ./Makefile
>> give above error mess. but when i simply write a c file & run by either
>> cc or gcc it gives no error. Minix install without any problem.
>>
>
>The 'Makefile' file is not the program to run. The file contains a list
>of actions the are interpreted and executed by the program 'make'.

But the idea isn't so strange, because we normally like to run shell or
perl scripts even though they need a program to interpret them. And if
you put

#!/usr/bin/make -f

on top of a Makefile, then you can run it too.
--
Kees J. Bot, Systems Programmer, Sciences dept., Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

thanks for sending solution