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[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: "john lask" <address@hidden>
> Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2002 00:18:20 +0000
> 
> === bug1 ===
> doesn't like pattern if not in root directory ?
> This problem does not appear when using normal dos prompt (I used a verison 
> of zsh w32)
> so this problem could be related to file globbing
> 
>   C:/tmp>find -name "*.o"
>   ./test/x.o
>   ./test/y.o
>   ./test/z.o
>   C:/tmp>
>   C:/tmp>
>   C:/tmp>cd test
>   C:/tmp/test>find -name "*.o"
>   c:\appz\bin\find.EXE: paths must precede expression

Cockpit error; you should do this instead:

        find . -name "*.o"

> === bug2 ===
> hangs when doing an -exec regardless of which shell is used - i.e. dos 
> prompt will do the same:
> 
>   C:/tmp/test>
>   C:/tmp/test>
>   C:/tmp/test>cd ..
>   C:/tmp>find -name "*.o" -exec ls "{}" ";"
>   C:/tmp>./test/x.o
> 
> Then it hangs i.e. does not complete the list

This doesn't hang for me.  Do you have ls.exe installed?  What port
of Findutils do you use (i.e. what was the URL from which you
downloaded the binaries)?