X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2009 21:32:35 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: Find cron failed script Message-ID: <20090826013235.GB9672@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <4A943643 DOT 2054 DOT 43610D04 AT wess DOT acegroup DOT cc> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4A943643.2054.43610D04@wess.acegroup.cc> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 07:06:43PM -0400, Wes S wrote: >Drove myself nuts trying to figure out why my script ran fine from a >console and died under cron. > >Find is part of w2k, cron doesn't seem to have a path unless I tell >it to. I got the following: > >FIND: Invalid switch >FIND: Parameter format not correct > >I should have directly specified path to find or put a path in my >script. > >Oh well, just wanted it out there for others that stubbed their foot >on this. I don't want to say how long it took for me to figure this >out. http://lmgtfy.com/?q=FIND%3A+Parameter+format+not+correct+cygwin cgf -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple