Mail Archives: djgpp/1998/06/15/02:41:06
On 15 Jun 1998, Myknees wrote:
> >There is a FIND.EXE command that's part of DOS. It's usually in C:\DOS
> >(DOS 6.x) or C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND (Windows 95). Rename that FIND.EXE to
> >something else, and try again.
>
> Whoa. That is so easy. I'm surprised it's not a FAQ;
It's not in the FAQ because it was never asked, until now.
> Would it be
> helpful to put a note about DOS/Windows find.exe in the .../findutil.41/doc
> directory, anyone? Mine was a silly mistake, but an easy one to make.
Well, actually, you *are* told about this, albeit subtly: the DJGPP
installation instructions say to put the DJGPP's bin/ directory before
everything else. `find' is *not* the only program that won't work as you
expect if you don't do that.
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