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Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2001 14:24:59 -0800
From: Mike Fedyk <mfedyk@matchmail.com>
To: Rock Gordon <rockgordon@yahoo.com>
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Subject: Re: Executing binaries on new filesystem
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On Sat, Nov 17, 2001 at 02:18:21PM -0800, Rock Gordon wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I've written a modest filesystem for fun, it works
> pretty ok, but when I try to execute binaries from it,
> bash says "cannot execute binary file" ... If I copy
> the same binary elsewhere, it executes perfectly.
> 

There's probably a way for the FS to tell the rest of the kernel that the
file is executable....  You'll probably need to set that for all files.
That is, unless you have a chmod interface for your "FS for fun"...

Mike
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