From: myknees AT aol DOT com (Myknees)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: djgpp find OK?
Date: 15 Jun 1998 00:25:03 GMT
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In article <35843DDB DOT B92770C9 AT a DOT crl DOT com>, Weiqi Gao <weiqigao AT a DOT crl DOT com>
writes:

>Myknees wrote:
>> 
>> I issue the command: find . -name "text.zip"
>> ...and find says: FIND: Parameter format not correct
>> 
>> if I say: find /elc/trash -name 'text.zip' -print
>> find says: FIND: Parse Error 3
>
>There is a FIND.EXE command that's part of DOS.  It's usually in C:\DOS
>(DOS 6.x) or C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND (Windows 95).  Rename that FIND.EXE to
>something else, and try again.

Whoa.  That is so easy.  I'm surprised it's not a FAQ; I guess people who use
GNU find usually know about the DOS find.  I'd forgotten long ago.  Would it be
helpful to put a note about DOS/Windows find.exe in the .../findutil.41/doc
directory, anyone?  Mine was a silly mistake, but an easy one to make.

--Ed (Myknees)