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From: Weiqi Gao <weiqigao AT a DOT crl DOT com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: djgpp find OK?
Date: Sun, 14 Jun 1998 22:19:26 -0500
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Myknees wrote:
> 
> Whoa.  That is so easy.  I'm surprised it's not a FAQ; I guess people who use
> GNU find usually know about the DOS find.  I'd forgotten long ago.  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, this is GNU, a replacement of UNIX---piece by piece.  It is
implied in the GNU manifesto that most of the programs replace UNIX
commands, sometimes with exactly the same commnad name.

We DOS people had it easy, because there are a total of three DOS
commands that clashes with GNU command names.

Can you find the other two? :)

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Weiqi Gao
weiqigao AT a DOT crl DOT com

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