Re: copy from window to linux

[wim <wimpunk@gmail.com>]

Baloff wrote:
> Hello
> I copied some files like file.cpp from my windows to linux using a 
> floopy, after I copied them, I notices thy are all green when I $ls the 
> dir where they are copied. green is for executable files as I just 
> learned. first, why did it copy .cpp files to executable? how do I 
> convert only all green files to text file in white?
>
> thanks.

You copied the files to a msdos floppy which doesn't save the rights. 
With a `chmod a-x *.cpp` it's corrected.

wim.