Paul T. Karch" [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> After I startup with cygwin.bat I am put
> into the /home/user directory.
> If I try to do any of the commands:
> find . -iname *.c
> find -iname *.c
> find / -iname *.c
>
> I get the following:
>
> find: paths must precede expression
> Usage: find [path...] [expression]
>...
> This is not really a problem, I guess, but it is curious.
> Also I may not be interpreting the meaning of the find command
> properly. Any comments ?
I think it is the operation of the shell which you are not
understanding properly. If you use *.c on the command line
without quoting it, the shell expands it before passing it
to find. Try again using e.g.
find . -iname '*.c'
-- Cliff
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