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From: Ian Roxborough <irox@redhat.com>
To: Gene Fodor <efodor@zworld.com>
Cc: sourcenav@sourceware.cygnus.com
Subject: Re: Upgrading windows SN broke grep!
Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2001 16:06:00 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3BA29055.9763E56@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4.1.20010914154031.00c45bc0@zmail>

Gene Fodor wrote:
> 
> It seems as though SN 5.0 is having trouble finding grep.  Here is the not
> so helpful error message I get:
> 
> -code error -errorinfo couldn't execute "grep": invalid argument
>         while executing
> "open "| ${cmd} " ?nonprintable char?" -errorcode POSIX EINVAL {invalid
> argument} couldn't execute "grep": invalid argument

Can you run grep from the command line?

What do you find if you search for grep.exe in Window explorer find files
thingy?
 
> I have a feeling that it is using the wrong grep and have tried a couple of
> things to try to get it to see it, but without success.  Any ideas?  I was
> using the Enterprise version (pre-RedHat) of Source Navigator before upgrading.

Looks like your going to have to find the right grep and put it on your path
in front of which ever grep Sourcen-Navigator is or isn't finding.

Ian.

  reply	other threads:[~2001-09-14 16:06 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2001-09-14 15:54 Gene Fodor
2001-09-14 16:06 ` Ian Roxborough [this message]
2001-09-14 17:00   ` Gene Fodor
2001-09-14 17:09     ` Ian Roxborough

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