Hi Syed, this is most likely not a bug in the GNU coreutils.
I bet you copied mmencode from your UNIX workstation to your Linux PC ... which has a different platform (maybe an Intel CPU?): $ file mmencode mmencode: PA-RISC2.0 shared executable dynamically linked - not stripped Have a nice day, Berny -----Original Message----- From: bug-coreutils-bounces+bernhard.voelker=siemens-enterprise....@gnu.org [mailto:bug-coreutils-bounces+bernhard.voelker=siemens-enterprise....@gnu.org] On Behalf Of Syed Nizamuddin Sent: Monday, May 02, 2011 4:28 PM To: 8...@debbugs.gnu.org Subject: bug#8604: Linux mime help needed Hi, We are migrating from unix to Linux and need help on mime. The scripts works fine in Unix but it says cann't execute mmencode in Linux.I have attached the scripts for you reference. Your help will be appreciated. Regards, *Syed *