hi,

i have a script that includes the following:

dir1='D:\Program Files\archive'

for Dir in "$dir1"
do
cd "$Dir"
echo `pwd`
find `pwd` -mtime +60 -type f {} \;

done

exit 0






then this is the logs:



+ dir1=D:\Program Files\archive
+ cd 'D:\Program Files\archive'
++ pwd
+ echo /cygdrive/d/Program Files/archive
++ pwd
+ find /cygdrive/d/Program Files/archive -mtime +60 -type f '{}' ';'
FIND: Invalid switch
+ exit 0




why do i have such "invalid switch"? please help...thanks!!!

the scrip is located in a remote server where there is cygwin and i'm trying to use bash...

It seems to be calling the Windows version of "find"; you will need to provide the full path to the cygwin's "find".

Or possibly modify your PATH statement so that cygwin is searched before Windows.

This is invalid syntax:
man find

hi n i and kitaman,

do you mean i should put these as first statements in my scrip??>

#!/cygdrive/c/cygwin/bin/bash -x
#!/cygdrive/c/cygwin/bin/find -x

im just new in unix and scripting... how can i do such providing of full path to cygwin???




hi lkbrwn dba


my syntax is

find `pwd` -mtime +60 -type f {} \;


'{}' ';' >>> are just in the log message... anyway, is there anything wrong with my syntax of 'find' above????




hi all!!!

thanks for the replies... thanks much!!! ive read about find command and the "man" says when there's no path provided, the default path is the current pwd so i tried

find * -mtime +60 -type f {} \; >>>> there was an error: Find parameter incorrect


i also tried

find -mtime +60 -type f {} \; >>>> there was the same error: Find parameter incorrect

Did you check out the syntax of find in the manual?

Try this and see what happens:

hi lkbrwn_dba,

i have read before the find man page, it says if no -exec is provided then the default -exec is -print... Anyways, ive tried ur

find `pwd` -mtime +60 -type f -exec cksum {} \;

still there's the same error......... please help me!

Ok cygwin is another animal...
Try this:
The issue is the space in the name of the "Program Files" directory.

Please Try below:-

dir1="D:\Program Files\archive"
for Dir in "$dir1"
do
cd "$Dir"
echo `pwd`
find `pwd` -mtime +1 -type f -print
done
exit 0

You do NOT need the for loop, the find command will recourse the directory tree including it's sub-directories.

hi lkbrwn,,,

i used ur script, please see LOGS below


+ dir1=Program Files/archive
+ cd D:
+ find 'Program Files/archive' -mtime +60 -type f
File not found - -MTIME
File not found - +60
File not found - -TYPE
File not found - F
+ exit 0


it seemed like it's using the find of command prompt as i've read its syntax





hi script and lkbrwn,,

it's ok to use for loop because i'm actually creating the scrip for multiple directory,, i just first tried to one...



hi script,,

i used ur scrip, the error was "find: invalid switch"

You are doing something WRONG, both my script and script's script work.
Are you using cygwin to execute? and are you saving the script in "Unix" format?
Show us your script.

PS: And it is NOT ok to loop because the find command already recourses the sub-directories.