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Date:	Thu, 25 Mar 1999 18:10:17 -0500 (EST)
From:	Milton Hankins {64892} <mlh AT swl DOT msd DOT ray DOT com>
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Subject:	Problems inheriting PATH from parent fixed in Cygwin 20
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An unusual behavior of the bash shell seems to have been fixed in Cygwin
20, but I didn't see a mention of it in the README.  Maybe it doesn't
matter.

After using Cygwin 19.1 for some time, I noticed that bash would never
inherit its PATH variable from the NT command interpreter process; it
would always read it from the registry (as set by the System Properties >
Environment control applet). This appears to have been fixed; modifying
the PATH variable from the Command Prompt window and invoking bash shows
that PATH is indeed inherited.

I hope this has been useful to someone.  I don't subscribe to this list,
so if you have questions, email me directly.  (And yes, I did check the
FAQ, the readme, and the mailing list archives.)


Cygwin is a really great product.  If you can't run Linux, it's the next
best thing.  :)  

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             Milton L. Hankins               -=-  <mlh AT swl DOT msd DOT ray DOT com>
Software Engineer, Raytheon Systems Company  -=-  RayComNet  7-225-4728
      http://amasts.msd.ray.com/~mlh         -=-    John 14:12    ><>
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  These are my own opinions and not necessarily those of my employer.


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