Date: Mon, 15 Jun 1998 09:40:27 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Myknees <myknees AT aol DOT com>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: djgpp find OK?
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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.