Re: [Mingw-msys] something wrong with my MSYS installation?

[Earnie B. <ea...@us...>]

Quoting wolfgang haefelinger <ora...@we...>:

> Hi,
>
> I'm a bit puzzled by my MSYS 1.0 installation.
>
> $ grep --version
> grep (GNU grep) 2.4.2
>
> $ find -type f -exec grep xxx '{}' \;
> find: grep: No such file or directory
>
> $ echo $PATH
> c:/opt/visual
> cxx/2003/bin:/opt/jdk32/142_06/bin:.:/usr/local/bin:/mingw/bin:/bin:/c/WINDO
> WS/system32:/c/WINDOWS:/c/WINDOWS/System32/Wbem
>

The value of your PATH variable looks suspiciously incorrect.  It 
begins with c:/opt rather than /c/opt.

> Looks like "visual cxx", i.e. the directory name with a blank,
> causes this problem. Everthing works fine removing path
>
> 	c:/opt/visual cxx/2003/bin
>
> from $PATH.
>
> Is this a known problem? How to fix it? The same scenario
> does not cause a problem using cygwin.
>

Is there another find executable in your PATH before the one in /bin?  
What if you move your PATH modifications to the end of PATH instead of 
the beginning?

Earnie Boyd

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