I find it more ...funny... written like this
one line for each directory to exclude, no need to edit/change their names,
just note the leading \ on the last one
#!/bin/sh
call="find $(echo '\
/mnt/dosc/windows
/mnt/dosc/Program Files
/mnt/dosc/rom_zips\
' | while read line
do
echo "-path
Lynne, thanks for the info...your script produces what I need, except
that my arguments are not on separate lines. However, I have managed to
write the following script that allows "Program\_Files" to be passed as
'Program Files' to find. Especially important was the eval ($call)
(also thanks to