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Re: Elementary Problem with find
- To: "John Gibb" <jgibb1 at ix dot netcom dot com>, gnu-win32 at cygnus dot com
- Subject: Re: Elementary Problem with find
- From: Paul Kirkaas <pki at cri dot dk>
- Date: Wed, 22 Oct 1997 12:13:08 +0100
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
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