From: claus_brod@bbn.hp.com (Claus Brod) Subject: Re: Elementary Problem with find 22 Oct 1997 01:59:10 -0700 Message-ID: <344D9F5C.60CE.cygnus.gnu-win32@bbn.hp.com> References: <00083B1C.3272@fhssmtp.redstone.army.mil> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: GBradfor Cc: gnu-win32@cygnus.com GBradfor wrote: > > This is, more than likely, a true newbie problem. I've searched the > back issues of the mailing list, and there are no other reports of > this problem. So, it's probably just me; but just in case... > > find is failing to take valid command strings. I am running b18 under > Windows95. > > Example case: > find . -name *.c -print > > The cygwin32 version gives the following error: > FIND: Parameter format not correct It seems that your shell is picking up the NT version of "find" which has a completely different parameter syntax. You might want to change your search path slightly so that the GNU utilities are found first. --claus_brod@hp.com----------------------------------------------------- Claus Brod, CoCreate Software Have you hugged your manager today? CoCreate Software GmbH A Hewlett-Packard Company Phone: +49 7031 951 152 --http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/3366 ---#include -- - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help".