[osgeo4w-dev] findstr in addPath runs forever on windows7

[Matt Wilkie]

> It behaves differently on my XP and on my Win7 machines. This command
>
> findstr /i /r /c:^"^^\"[a-zA-Z]:[\\/][^\\/]"
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> crashes findstr on Win7 but it doesnt on XP
>

Can you please confim that is the complete, literal command to cause a 
crash? And is it a crash or a hang? Because on my Win7x64 machine

    findstr /i /r /c:^"^^\"[a-zA-Z]:[\\/][^\\/]"

just waits for further input (the command is missing the thing to search 
_in_), pressing [enter] gives a line feed, and ctrl-c exits back to 
prompt. No crash.

This is a complete command which (should) actually find something:

    echo ^"c:\test|findstr /i /r /c:^"^^\"[a-zA-Z]:[\\/][^\\/]"

matt wilkie
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On 28-Jun-2012 10:06 AM, Matt Wilkie wrote:
> I've invited the author of addpath.bat and the Undocumented Findstr 
> Features article to help troubleshoot this issue at
> http://chat.stackoverflow.com/rooms/13177/addpath-bat-and-findstr-troubles 
>
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> matt wilkie
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> Geomatics Analyst
> Information Management and Technology
> Yukon Department of Environment
> 10 Burns Road * Whitehorse, Yukon * Y1A 4Y9
> 867-667-8133 Tel * 867-393-7003 Fax
> http://environmentyukon.gov.yk.ca/geomatics/
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