Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha <at> cs.nyu.edu> writes: > > Cygwin Configuration Diagnostics > > Current System Time: Wed Jan 19 16:13:42 2005 > > > > Windows XP Professional Ver 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 1 > > [snip] > > Found: C:\cygwin\bin\grep.exe > > Found: c:\SFU\common\grep.exe > > Warning: C:\cygwin\bin\grep.exe hides c:\SFU\common\grep.exe > > Ah, I think this may be your problem. Are you *sure* you're using the > Cygwin grep? In general, mixing MS SFU and Cygwin in the PATH is not a > good idea. > > Try explicitly using /bin/grep, i.e.,
Guilty as charged. That was it. Thank you. I did one better and uninstalled MS SFU, which is about what it deserves. Now it works as preditcted. Thank you for the help, and for the clue-by-4 on the diagnostic tool that uncovered the problem. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
