On Sun, 22 Jun 2003, Dag-Erling Smørgrav wrote:

> Unfortunately, FreeGrep has annoying bugs as well.  For instance, it
> tries to grep the directories themselves (rather than just their
> contents) when recursing, while GNU grep only greps directories if
> they are explicitly listed on the command line.

It was the first thing I fixed.  :)

> Furthermore, GNU grep will not by default show the contents of what it
> considers to be a binary file (such as a directory) while FreeGrep
> does (causing broken ttys and much gnashing of teeth).

Yes, the -a option is reversed between GNU and FreeGrep.

Sean
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