From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Leo" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: find-grep-dired on nt emacs Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2003 11:57:42 +1000 Organization: Netspace Internet Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <3F5E083B.6090306@yahoo.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1063159676 4170 80.91.224.253 (10 Sep 2003 02:07:56 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2003 02:07:56 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Sep 10 04:07:55 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19wuOg-0004CK-00 for ; Wed, 10 Sep 2003 04:07:54 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.22) id 19wuLc-0006Mw-H5 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 09 Sep 2003 22:04:44 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.netspace.net.au!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: comp.emacs,gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 41 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: dsl-210-15-204-246.nsw.netspace.net.au Original-X-Trace: otis.netspace.net.au 1063159037 36998 210.15.204.246 (10 Sep 2003 01:57:17 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@otis.netspace.net.au Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2003 01:57:17 +0000 (UTC) X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu comp.emacs:81219 gnu.emacs.help:116491 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:12410 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:12410 sorry, couldn't find the var find-ls-option.i'm running gnu emacs 21.3.1. any other var to customize find-grep-dired? cheers, leo "Kevin Rodgers" wrote in message news:3F5E083B.6090306@yahoo.com... > Leo wrote: > > > hi there > > > > i tried find-grep-dired, but i get an errror in the *Find* buffer: > > > > c:/Program Files/Borland/: > > find . \( -type f -exec grep -q TWebBrowser {} \; \) -exec ls -ld > > {} ; > > find: missing argument to `-exec' > > > > i'm running nt emacs with cygwin and have set my shell-file-name and > > explicit-shell-file-name to "bash". > > > > in an interactive shell buffer it works when i quote the last semicolon. so > > the correct command is: > > > > find . \( -type f -exec grep -q TWebBrowser {} \; \) -exec ls -ld > > {} \; > > > > how can i tell find-grep-dired to provide the last backslash??? > > Check the value of find-ls-option; it should have the trailing semicolon > backslash'ed. > > -- > Kevin Rodgers >