GNU bug report logs - #6665
24.0.50; rgrep does not work on Windows

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Message #11 received at 6665 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Óscar Fuentes <ofv <at> wanadoo.es>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Christoph <cschol2112 <at> googlemail.com>, 6665 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#6665: 24.0.50; rgrep does not work on Windows
Date: Sun, 18 Jul 2010 22:38:37 +0200

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

>> From: Christoph <cschol2112 <at> googlemail.com>
>> Date: Sun, 18 Jul 2010 08:32:56 -0600
>> Cc: 
>> 
>> rgrep does not work on Windows.
>
> Actually, it does; you just don't like the results ;-)
>
>> In *scratch* buffer evaluate the following to point to GNU find and grep executables:
>> (setq find-program "\"C:/Program Files (x86)/GnuWin32/bin/find.exe\"")
>> (setq grep-program "\"C:/Program Files (x86)/GnuWin32/bin/grep.exe\"")
>
> Why do you need these?  Doesn't Emacs find them?

Unless GnuWin32 comes before than %windir%/system32 on the PATH, Emacs
will execute Windows' find.exe. Or the OP is trying to use GnuWin32
without adding it to the PATH.

[snip]

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