Re: error message

[wsgr12]

Thank you. How can I set the path ? Answers or references will be appreciated. 

Eli Zaretskii <eliz@elta.co.il> wrote in message 
news:<mailman.388.1073803738.928.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>...
> > From: wsgr12@yahoo.com (wsgr12)
> > Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help
> > Date: 10 Jan 2004 17:44:44 -0800
> > 
> > I installed emacs on winxp and got the message. Please advise.
> > 
> > cd c:/test/test
> > grep -n max  NUL
> > 'grep' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
> > operable program or batch file.
> 
> "M-x grep" invokes an external program called grep.exe.  If you don't
> have it installed, or it is not somewhere along the PATH that is
> known to Emacs, you will see this message.
> 
> Solution: install a port of GNU Grep so that Emacs can find it.