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Re: Corrupt downloaded file

From: Iskander Ben mahmoud <salexandre.bm_at_gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2010 21:39:11 +0100

2010/10/31 Michael Wood <esiotrot_at_gmail.com>

> On 31 October 2010 18:05, Iskander Ben mahmoud <salexandre.bm_at_gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Hello every body,
> >
> > i'm working on an application that use libcurl, and and add some function
> to
> > download automatically the update if it exists.
> > i'm on ubuntu and coding on c and i'm using gcc to compile files.
> >
> > The problem is when i try to download th update, it works, the file is
> > completely downloaded but i cant excute it i got this message fox exemple
> :
> >
> >
> > ./application_V2
> >
> > bash: ./application_V2 : Permession not accorded
>
> When you download something it will not automatically be executable.
> You will need to make it executable manually using the chmod command
> or the chmod() or fchmod() C functions. Or else when you open the
> file for writing using the open() function, you can specify that the
> file should have the execute bits set.
>
> Try:
>
> $ chmod u+x application_V2
> $ ./application_V2
>
> > if i use
> >
> > sudo ./application_V2
> >
> > i got :
> >
> > sudo: ./application_V2: command not found
>
> sudo is not magic :)
>
> > note that the original file works and the downloaded file is not.
> >
> > Any idea how to correct this ?
>
> Make sure that you have told the operating system that you want to be
> able to execute the file.
>
> --
> Michael Wood <esiotrot_at_gmail.com>
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It works ! thank you so much for help :) well I'm new in the community of
Linux and I make as I can to get acquainted with this system :) thank's
again :)

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