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Re: grep-dir test
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Paul Eggert |
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Re: grep-dir test |
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Mon, 19 Dec 2011 09:40:15 -0800 |
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On 12/19/11 09:21, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> why does it use an empty directory and not an empty file?
Because it's testing that grep does the right thing when
asked to grep a directory. It doesn't matter that the
directory is empty; all that matters is that it's a
directory.
> The problem with "-f a/" is that on some systems (Windows), one cannot
> fopen a directory.
That should work under Cygwin; is it not working?
If so, it sounds like a Cygwin bug which should get
fixed. I don't think grep works on Windows outside
the Cygwin environment.
- grep-dir test, Eli Zaretskii, 2011/12/19
- Re: grep-dir test,
Paul Eggert <=
- Re: grep-dir test, Eric Blake, 2011/12/19
- Re: grep-dir test, Eli Zaretskii, 2011/12/19
- Re: grep-dir test, Eric Blake, 2011/12/19
- Re: grep-dir test, Eli Zaretskii, 2011/12/19
- Re: grep-dir test, Eli Zaretskii, 2011/12/20
- Re: grep-dir test, Paolo Bonzini, 2011/12/20
- Re: grep-dir test, Eli Zaretskii, 2011/12/20
- Re: grep-dir test, Paolo Bonzini, 2011/12/20
- Re: MS-Windows build of Grep (was: grep-dir test), Eli Zaretskii, 2011/12/24