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Date:	Wed, 20 Jun 2007 16:15:20 -0400
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> 
> The difference is that --login -i directs bash eventually to read 
> /etc/profile, which adds cygwin dirs to the path. So as Morgan thought, 
> this is somehow a PATH issue. However, I added c:\cygwin\bin, 
> c:\cygwin\user\X11R6\bin to my Windows path, and the chere still does 
> not pop up an xterm. (Note that adding these dirs to the Windows path is 
> not an option for me anyway, as it causes me a lot of DLL-hell type 
> problems).


OK, one last thing, sorry. I did something wrong with the last test. If 
I add c:\cygwin\bin and c:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin to the Windows PATH 
variable, then chere does work to open up an xterm!

So I guess the only question is: is there any way to avoid this 
requirement? It would be helpful for me if I didn't have to add these to 
the path. I'm not sure how chere is implemented, but could it just set 
these variables before calling the xterm? Thanks again.

-Lewis


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