# Searching for "Errno::EXDEV:" results in an error

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/searching-for-errno-results-in-an-error/107341>\
**Category:** Ruby-Forum\
**Created:** [June 20, 2007, 6:20pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/searching-for-errno-results-in-an-error/107341 "2007-06-20T18:20:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![mtnbiker](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/ad7895/32.png) [@mtnbiker](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mtnbiker)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2007, 6:20pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/searching-for-errno-results-in-an-error/107341/1 "2007-06-20T18:20:57Z")

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Searching for “Errno::EXDEV:” results in an “Application Error.”  
(Without quotes of course.)

This page comes up:

[http://www.ruby-forum.com/search?query=Errno%3A%3AEXDEV%3A&forums%5B%5D=2](http://www.ruby-forum.com/search?query=Errno%3A%3AEXDEV%3A&forums%5B%5D=2)

Since the interface for search is unlike any other, I at first assumed  
the whole thing was broken, but then I realized that a colon was perhaps  
a special character.

Not sure if this is the place to post this.

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**Author:** ![mtnbiker](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/ad7895/32.png) [@mtnbiker](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mtnbiker)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2007, 4:49pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/searching-for-errno-results-in-an-error/107341/2 "2007-07-21T16:49:38Z")

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“:” is a special character that allows searching in specific fields:  
subject:(perl AND python)

Searching just for “Errno::EXDEV” works fine.

I still have to add documentation for the search options.