From: pki@cri.dk (Paul Kirkaas) Subject: Re: Elementary Problem with find 22 Oct 1997 04:56:17 -0700 Message-ID: References: <01bcde88$284154e0$609b5dcf@pentium> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit To: "John Gibb" , gnu-win32@cygnus.com On 22-Oct-97 "John Gibb" wrote: > I suspect you are using the wrong 'find'. For example, i found myself > inadvertently using the NT flavor of find instead of the bash > flavor... > >> find is failing to take valid command strings. >> The cygwin32 version gives the following error: >> FIND: Parameter format not correct Of course, we all know the answer now, but a clue with future confusions like that, note the case of the FIND command in the error message. A dead giveaway. Paul -- Paul Kirkaas pki@cri.dk - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help".