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From: wfh58@leah.Albany.Edu (William F. Hammond)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Find crashes machine
Summary: Who needs "find"; use an alias
Message-ID: <1917@leah.Albany.Edu>
Date: 21 Jul 89 21:34:37 GMT
References: <340@arnor.UUCP>
Organization: The University at Albany, Computer Services Center
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In article <340@arnor.UUCP>, kevin@arnor.UUCP (Kevin Goroway) writes:
> Has anyone had any problems with find (the one that just came over the net)
> crashing their machine right before it exits?
> It finds the files, but then invites the guru for tea and crackers, which of
> course he can't refuse.
> anyone?

Try this (I'm using ARP 1.3 shell and commands):

alias find search []* FILE ALL NONUM

(ARP "search" is of file size 1520, and the alias string is about 40 bytes.)
It has never crashed.  Put the alias in "s:Shell-Startup".

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