-=> Winston Smith wrote to Neil Heller <=-

 WS> Third is the file itself.  Nothing in UNIX is executible until you
 WS> "tell the OS" that it is executible.

True, but (unless there's a weird umask or something) the executable bit is
set automatically by the compiler/linker. Neil may have to concern himself
with executable permissions later, as for instance when he tries to install
something to /usr/bin, but he's not at that level yet. :-)

 WS> Lastly, a fourth option occurs if you are using EMX in a non-OS/2
 WS> environment.

Why bring that into it? He's using GCC under Linux.

 WS> In this case you will need to "prepend" the EMX Run-Loader to the 
 WS> front of the file executible by running the 'BIND' command first in 
 WS> order to bind the EMX loader onto the front of the GCC A.OUT runtime 
 WS> object machine code (as far as I know, this is only necessary under 
 WS> MS-DOS).

Actually it's the same under OS/2.

... If a program is useless, it will have to be documented.
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