[Buildroot] ### Executing FIles

John Voltz john.voltz at gmail.com
Wed Aug 27 00:06:14 UTC 2008


On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 6:42 PM, Steve Spano <steve at fl-eng.com> wrote:

> Hello
>
> I am stumped on this issue
>
> I have a buildroot filesystem running and I cannot seem to execute new
> files
> that I have placed on it.
>
> For example, I upload a new executable file that I compile on a host PC.
> I change its permissions to execute and I type "./myfile"
> It comes back saying "-sh: myfile not found"
> BUT, I can vi the file, I can copy it, delete it /etc/etc
> If I change its permissions to read-only and then try to execute it, the
> shell tells me "permission denied".
>
> What could be occurring here?
>
> Steve Spano, President
> Finger Lakes Engineering
>

Sounds like something is wrong with your busybox, or maybe you are
accidentally using regular old bash which I seem to remember causes some
problems for people. It might be helpful if you tell us what architecture
you built it for too.

Regards,

John
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