Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com Reply-To: From: "Bill McCormick" To: Subject: RE: Does cygwin do "find" a little bit differently? Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2003 11:33:49 -0500 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal In-Reply-To: Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Steve, It works for me: Bill@billhome/cygdrive/c $ pwd /cygdrive/c Bill@billhome/cygdrive/c $ find . -name "boot.ini" -print ./boot.ini Check your path env var or maybe update the find util. Bill > -----Original Message----- > From: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com [mailto:cygwin-owner@cygwin.com]On Behalf > Of Steve > Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2003 11:24 AM > To: cygwin@cygwin.com > Subject: Does cygwin do "find" a little bit differently? > > > Hi; > > I am on windows 2000 with cygwin. > > My apologies if this isn't a cygwin issue. > > I tried using find in cygwin with some examples from various > documentation on the command. > > I kept getting the same error messages. I was wondering if the cygwin > syntax was a bit different. > > This is what I tried: > > > > bash-2.05b$ pwd > /cygdrive/c/CUP/VRC > bash-2.05b$ find . -name "errors.txt" -print > FIND: Parameter format not correct > bash-2.05b$ > > > Thanks in advance, and my apologies if this is not a cygwin issue > > Steve > > > > -- > Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html > Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html > FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ > > > --- > Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.491 / Virus Database: 290 - Release Date: 6/18/2003 > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.491 / Virus Database: 290 - Release Date: 6/18/2003 -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/