[Mingw-msys] Permission Denied Error

[Jeff G. <jef...@po...>]

Hi All,

I have a directory full of (non-Msys) command line development tools - some
of which overlap the tools provided Msys (grep, make, etc).  For the project
I am working on, I am required to use these (other) tools, but I'd like to
do it from within the BASH shell provided by Msys.  The problem is, every
time I try to run *any* of these tools from within the Msys BASH shell, I
get a "Permission denied" error (I am cd'ing into the directory containing
the tool and doing a "./<tool.exe>").  If, on the other hand, I open a DOS
shell, cd to the same directory, and run the tool - all works as expected.
Any idea why the tools won't run from within the Msys BASH shell?

I've copied other executables into the directory in question (like
wordpad.exe), and they've run correctly - which seems to eliminate any weird
permission problems on the directory tree.

MSYS 1.0.1.0 / WinXP Professional

Thanks for any input.

Jeff Godfrey