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Subject:	HEADSUP - $PATH after starting cygwin.bat
Date:	Wed, 21 Dec 2005 20:48:56 +0100
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If a component in the windows PATH variable has quotes around it
then the cygwin PATH will contain an exact copy of that component.

e.g. 

$ echo $PATH
/bin:"W:\Program Files\Symantec\Norton Ghost 2003":foo:bar:...


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