From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Rick Rankin" To: "Suhaib M. Siddiqi" , "David's Lightspeed Email" , Subject: RE: Problems with "find" and job control. Date: Sat, 13 Mar 1999 16:18:00 -0000 Message-id: In-reply-to: < 000c01be6dad$321acea0$41cd78cf@hunda > References: <000c01be6dad$321acea0$41cd78cf@hunda> X-SW-Source: 1999-03/msg00418.html > > > >My "find" command does not seem to be working properly. > Regardless of what > >options I give it, it always complains about the parameters being wrong. > > > >For example, here is a simple command: > > > >$ find . -name sh.exe -print > > you are typing a wrong thing. You need to put quotes around sh.exe. > > find . -name "sh.exe" -print Actually, the name parameter only requires quotes if it contains wildcards. His problems, as others have stated, is that he is executing the windows find command and not the cygwin one. Rick -- Rick Rankin rrankin@primenet.com -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Rick Rankin" To: "Suhaib M. Siddiqi" , "David's Lightspeed Email" , Subject: RE: Problems with "find" and job control. Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 19:45:00 -0000 Message-ID: References: <000c01be6dad$321acea0$41cd78cf@hunda> X-SW-Source: 1999-03n/msg00418.html Message-ID: <19990331194500.2cK4DobZrO8g9Ci12ReoZ7GPchDbdkZddP_gclKxvME@z> > > > >My "find" command does not seem to be working properly. > Regardless of what > >options I give it, it always complains about the parameters being wrong. > > > >For example, here is a simple command: > > > >$ find . -name sh.exe -print > > you are typing a wrong thing. You need to put quotes around sh.exe. > > find . -name "sh.exe" -print Actually, the name parameter only requires quotes if it contains wildcards. His problems, as others have stated, is that he is executing the windows find command and not the cygwin one. Rick -- Rick Rankin rrankin@primenet.com -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com