> Hi, > I posted my request for help, but the client i used truncated the message. > I post it again for your attention.
I've now seen substantially the same message content three times. > By the way > find common -type f -o -type l -print does not works either. It does what it was told, but is the same as find common -type f -o \( -type l -print \) and only prints symlinks. > find common -type f -o -type l Are you sure you don't have some alias in place, and that you are picking up the right version of find? The above expression is the same as find common \( -type f -o -type l \) -print and works for me to print out all regular files and symlinks. > find common -type f -o That is a syntax error. -o requires two arguments. The fact that you got directories listed instead of a syntax error makes me suspect that you aren't invoking find properly. What do 'type find' and 'echo find common -type f -o' print? Also, following these directions: > Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html and attaching the output of 'cygcheck -svr' would be helpful. -- Eric Blake volunteer cygwin findutils maintainer -- 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/
