From:	Chris Mears <chris_mears AT softhome DOT net>
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Subject:	Re: Problem with find.exe
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Date:	Sun, 13 Feb 2000 23:09:35 +1100
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That Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il> really knows where his towel
is.  On Sun, 13 Feb 2000 13:15:19 +0200 (IST), he wrote:

>
>On Sun, 13 Feb 2000, Chris Mears wrote:
>
>> I have a small problem with find.  When I try to run it, it spits out:
>> 
>> FIND: Parse Error 2
>
>I'm guessing that you invoke the DOS/Windows incompatible program that 
>goes by the same name find.exe, because your DJGPP's bin subdirectory is 
>not the first one on your PATH.
>
>Either change the order of the directories in your PATH (like the FAQ 
>suggests in section 4.4), or rename DOS/Windows version to some other 
>name (since it is superceded by GNU fgrep anyway).

Thanks Eli, you're exactly right.

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Chris Mears

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