RE: grep-find question (Is it a bug of GunWin32 version of "grep")

[brianjiang]

Hi Eli,

Where did you download the package? I downgraded it from
http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/grep.htm.

I have uninstall and re-install it, but the problem still exists. And
I also try the ZIP package, the result is the same. And I cannot find
pcre.dll in these packages. Only pcre3.dll there.

My pcre3.dll is shipped with SETUP package and ZIP package. The
timestamp is as follows:

-------------------------------------------------------
 Directory of C:\Program Files\GnuWin32\bin

2007-08-12  17:41    <DIR>          .
2007-08-12  17:41    <DIR>          ..
2007-04-03  03:40                33 egrep
2007-04-03  03:40                33 fgrep
2005-04-19  02:53           160,256 find.exe
2007-06-23  03:35           122,368 grep.exe
2004-03-17  04:37           898,048 libiconv2.dll
2005-05-07  03:52           103,424 libintl3.dll
2005-04-19  02:53           113,664 locate.exe
2007-03-17  17:56           140,288 pcre3.dll
2006-10-10  13:48                30 rgrep
2005-03-18  06:38             8,228 updatedb
2005-05-01  17:13            61,440 which.exe
2005-04-19  02:53            32,768 xargs.exe
              12 File(s)      1,640,580 bytes
               2 Dir(s)   2,093,121,536 bytes free


> Yes, I've tried that, and it works as I expect: it finds text
> case-insensitively no matter if I specify the search string in
>  uppercase or lowercase.

Actually, I mean it has problem when the text string in the file is
uppercase. In my example, I have a text string "RS17" in file
"MyBase.muse". When I use "-i rs17" or "-i RS17" to search, I cannot
find "RS17" in that file. But I also have another text string "rs17"
in file "MyBase.muse", and I use "-i rs17" or "-i RS17" and I can find
it ("rs17" in the file) successfully. Very strange.


Regards,
Brian



-----Original Message-----
From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+brianjiang=gdnt.com.cn@gnu.org 
[mailto:help-gnu-emacs-bounces+brianjiang=gdnt.com.cn@gnu.org] On Behalf Of Eli 
Zaretskii
Sent: 2007年8月11日 18:06
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: grep-find question (Is it a bug of GunWin32 version of "grep")

> Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2007 13:55:17 +0800
> From: <brianjiang@gdnt.com.cn>
> 
> And I cannot find the pcre.dll in my computer. Instead, I find pcre3.dll 
> (installed by GnuWin32):
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> -----------------------------
> D:\WiKi>which pcre3.dll
> C:/Program Files/GnuWin32/bin/pcre3.dll

Strange.  I installed Grep from a zip file, not with a self-installing setup 
program, and I clearly see only pcre.dll in the grep-2.5.1a-dep.zip archive I 
still have on my machine.

What is the time stamp of pcre3.dll on your system?

Also, does it help to reinstall Grep?

> And I found if when text in the file is lowcase, e.g., "rs17", then I can use 
> "-i" option to find it successfully. e.g., "-i RS17".
> But if the text in the file is uppercase, e.g., "RS17", then neither "-i 
> rs17" nor "-i RS17" can found it :( See below: 
> (Have you tried that?)

Yes, I've tried that, and it works as I expect: it finds text 
case-insensitively no matter if I specify the search string in uppercase or 
lowercase.

> I currently use the MSYS version for my Emacs and it works well.

FWIW, I don't recommend this.  MSYS ports are meant for one purpose
only: to be able to build MinGW ports of other tools.  For that purpose, they 
sometimes tweak the command-line arguments in order to allow running those 
commands from Unix shell scripts.  In particular, they convert Windows file 
names with drive letters into pseudo-Posix file names that start with a forward 
slash.  If a command-line argument looks like a file name, but really isn't, 
this conversion could have devastating effect on the Grep command.


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