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From:	"Elfyn McBratney" <elfyn-cygwin AT exposure DOT org DOT uk>
To:	"cygwin" <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>, "Steve" <beforewisdom AT yahoo DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: Path : Win 2k : Munged Directory
Date:	Wed, 23 Apr 2003 20:36:22 +0100
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> Hi;
>
> I'm using cygwin on a win2k box.
>
> I haven't had any luck executing java from bash.
> It works from DOS.
>
> The java path is C:\JDK\bin
>
> It is included in my PATH variable through windows via
> Start | Control Panel | System | Advanced | Environment Variables
>
> All of the directories in my PATH are set from here.
>
> When I run "echo $PATH" from bash I noticed that all of those other
> directories in my PATH are correctly translated from windows to cygwin
> format.  In other words C:\Foo becomes /cygdrive/c/Foo in bash.
>
> However C:\JDK\bin remains C:\JDK\bin

Are you exporting PATH after modifying it?

$ export PATH=$PATH:$(cygpath -u C:\\JDK\\bin)
$ echo $PATH
$ java -version

> I'm guessing this has something to do with the problem.
> Any ideas on how I can fix it?

cygcheck output may help you along the way. :-) If you attach the output
from `cygcheck -svr' as a *non-compressed* plain-text attachment.

> I already tried setting a path variable in my .bashrc to no avail.
> My windows PATH variable is set for the entire system.

Elfyn


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