bugs in GNU grep for DOS/Win

[Eric Pement]

(1) First problem.

I'm using GNU grep v2.4 and v2.4.2, compiled for MS-DOS/Windows. My 
platform is Win95 OSR2 (FAT32 file system). I've tried both the DJGPP 
compilation and the CYGWIN compilation. Neither one of these gives me 
directory recursion. I.e., they will not search down the directory 
tree for files in subdirectories. I'm typing:

     grep -r "anything" *.*
     grep --recursive "anything" *.*

Can anyone else confirm this behavior or explain what may be wrong?

(2) Second problem.

Grep v2.4.2 (Cygwin compilation) issues an error message when trying 
to read a file with the Read-Only attribute set. It reports:

     [filename]: Permission denied

although a Read-Only file on a DOS/Win platform may be read by any 
user. I think this is also a misbehavior. Feedback is welcome.

Kind regards,

Eric Pement

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