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Scott
Scott

Reputation:

cannot ececute binary file

Im running Cygwin on XP, iv got a bash script that i would like to execute a media file but get the error "cannot execute binary file"

Is this possible? can cygwin call a media file like a mp3 or wav file

thanks

Donaldo

Upvotes: 0

Views: 956

Answers (3)

user105826
user105826

Reputation:

It looks like this is achievable with start.exe:

http://f1.aaa.livedoor.jp/~fexx/tools/start-en.html

Appears to operate much like Windows command line's start command. Stick it in your cygwin path and:

$ start file.mp3

Upvotes: 3

T.E.D.
T.E.D.

Reputation: 44804

A media file isn't in and of itself executable. You need to invoke a media player that can play that kind of file, and pass it the file name as a parameter.

Upvotes: 1

Harper Shelby
Harper Shelby

Reputation: 16583

No. The association from file type to program is a Windows setting, and without explicitly tying into that scheme, you'll have to explicitly call a program with the file name as a command line argument. In fact, this is exactly what the OS does under the covers using the file associations that are set up - it passes the file name as a command line argument (along with, possibly, other information) to the associated program.

Upvotes: 1

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