Error "grep exited abnormally with code 2" on Xemacs 21.4.22 on Windows 7

I am trying to run grep (cygwin) within Xemacs 21.4.22 on windows 7 enterprise laptop.

cd c:\
grep -n -r --include=*.java "foo" NUL:
grep: NUL:: No such file or directory

grep exited abnormally with code 2 at Tue Oct 04 12:53:15

cd c:\
grep -n -r --include=*.java "foo" * NUL:
grep: NUL:: No such file or directory

grep exited abnormally with code 2 at Tue Oct 04 12:56:55

c:\>grep --version
GNU grep 2.6.3

Copyright (C) 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

What am I doing wrong? How can I fix this?

Assuming that Xemacs was wrong, I tried it on emacs 23.2.1 (mingw) on the same laptop and it is getting the same error response.

anjanbacchu

Posted 2011-10-04T07:37:50.690

Reputation: 885

Why do you put NUL: in that line? – Mat – 2011-10-04T08:24:53.120

I am not putting NUL. emacs/xemacs is automatically appending that to whatever I type. – anjanbacchu – 2011-10-04T09:00:33.480

Error "grep exited abnormally with code 2" on Xemacs 21.4.22 on Windows 7

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