Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm Sender: cygwin-owner AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com Message-ID: <00c501be6dc2$1e4f7780$41cd78cf@hunda> From: "Suhaib M. Siddiqi" To: "David's Lightspeed Email" , Subject: Re: find Date: Sat, 13 Mar 1999 21:26:49 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.5 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 >The MS-DOS "find" is, I agree, useless. >As for the "Windows" "find", found in the Windows Explorer Tools menu and >also accessible by pressing F-3 normally, this is actually a decent tool. > I am not sure how F-3 will conflicts with Cygwin's find.exe? Any suggestions please --Suhaib > David L. Painter > dpainter AT prontomail DOT com > dpainter AT lightspeed DOT net > ph: (559) 292-5366 * 3 > fax:(559) 292-0410 >-----Original Message----- >From: Suhaib M. Siddiqi >To: Rick Rankin >Cc: cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com >Date: Saturday, March 13, 1999 5:23 PM >Subject: Re: find, ksh, and job control > > >> >>- >> >>>But are there really enough command name conflicts to justify all that? I >>>haven't really checked, but the only one I'm really aware of is find, and >>>the windows find command is pretty useless anyway. >> >>After a little back and forth writing you are basically syaing the same >>thing >>*Windows find is useless.* >> >>If you have Windows Nt UNIX option pack installed then there are a whole >lot >>of conflicts if you add Cygwin to your WinNT path. >> >>>Personally, I am >>>perfectly happy putting the cygwin bin in my path ahead of windows or >>winnt, >>>but if there are other name clashes, perhaps another method is warranted. >>> >> >>If I rememebr correctly, a while ago, some user wrote he deleted cmd.exe >and >>replaced is by bash.exe. I think it is all personal preferences what you >>like to see, do and are used to of. >> >>>Rick >>>-- >>>Rick Rankin >>>rrankin AT primenet DOT com >>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: Suhaib M. Siddiqi [mailto:Ssiddiqi AT InspirePharm DOT Com] >>>> Sent: Saturday, March 13, 1999 6:01 PM >>>> To: Rick Rankin; cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com >>>> Subject: Re: find, ksh, and job control >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >> If you are on NT do not include Cygwin to PATH. Best start Cygwin by >>>> > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >>>> >Why not? I have it in my path because I want to be able to run cygwin >>>> >commands from bash or from cmd.exe. >>>> > >>>> >>>> I can also run cygwin commands from cmd.exe. For this purpose, I >created >>>> another batch file, called cygnus-dos.bat and replashed the *bash* with >>>> *cmd* If I start NT cmd.exe using this my *cygnus-dos.bat* file, >>>> I can use >>>> all of my cygwin commands from cmd.exe prompt, and stll do not get any >>>> conflicts. >>>> >>>> >>>> --SMS >>>> >>>> >Rick >>>> >-- >>>> >Rick Rankin >>>> >rrankin AT primenet DOT com >>>> > >>>> >>> >> >> >>-- >>Want to unsubscribe from this list? >>Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com >> > -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com