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Date:      Fri, 10 Oct 1997 00:17:17 +0200 (MESZ)
From:      Robert Eckardt <roberte@MEP.Ruhr-Uni-Bochum.de>
To:        Al.Johnson@AJC.State.Net (Al Johnson)
Cc:        guelph@tpts5.seed.net.tw, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: help
Message-ID:  <199710092217.AAA02312@ghost.mep.ruhr-uni-bochum.de>
In-Reply-To: <343D3BBD.AD0A032B@AJC.State.Net> from Al Johnson at "Oct 9, 97 03:17:01 pm"

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It was Al Johnson who wrote:
> Turn the \ to / and things will work much better.
> It looks like you introduced a DOSism where it's
> best left out.

And leave a space after / as in `find / -name filename'.

> 
>  -- Al
> 
> Gordon Wang wrote:
> > 
> > Dear Sir
> > I am a freebsd 2.2.1 user.
> > When I use 'find \-name filename' to search a  file.
> > I got :
> >         open :: illegal option --n
> >         open :: illegal option --a
> >         open :: illegal option --m
> >         open :: illegal option --e
> > 
> > Why?
> > 
> > Please help me
> > Thanks
> > 
> > Gordon
> 


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