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RE: FIND? (cd . && ln -s FIND: FIND:)


On 27 February 2000 20:36, you wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 26, 2000 at 12:12:14PM -0000, Fieldhouse, Dirk wrote:
> >On Mon, 21 Feb 2000 18:30:37 -0500, Chris Faylor <cgf at 
> cygnus dot com>
> >wrote:
>...>
> >That's an error in the system report, but is it the problem 
> in the build?
> 
> I don't know what "error in the system report" means.

ie the 'type find' output

 
> >The command "ln -s FIND: FIND:" could not work because a 
> symbolic link is a
> >Windows file and its name may not contain a ':'.
> >
> >However I don't really understand what syntax caused those 
> "FIND:"s to be
> >there in the first place.
> 
> It's simple.
> 
> The output of "FIND" contained something like "FIND: 
> Incorrect syntax".
> 
> Did you try changing the PATH or are you just arguing about 
> this without
> actually trying the suggestion???

Ouch. Not my problem, just failing to understand that the "FIND:"s came from
a `find ...` expression. Which you obviously grokked immediately.

/df


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