X-Recipient:	archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com
X-SWARE-Spam-Status:	No, hits=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SARE_MSGID_LONG40,SPF_PASS
X-Spam-Check-By:	sourceware.org
MIME-Version:	1.0
In-Reply-To:	<CC93624851A47D42AFD22FB06BCD2D9A0234BC28@CORPUSMX80B.corp.emc.com>
References:	<CC93624851A47D42AFD22FB06BCD2D9A0234B8A7 AT CORPUSMX80B DOT corp DOT emc DOT com> <CC93624851A47D42AFD22FB06BCD2D9A0234B90D AT CORPUSMX80B DOT corp DOT emc DOT com> <4A95AA6A DOT 9010909 AT bopp DOT net> <CC93624851A47D42AFD22FB06BCD2D9A0234BB33 AT CORPUSMX80B DOT corp DOT emc DOT com> <4A9697B2 DOT 6050101 AT bopp DOT net> <CC93624851A47D42AFD22FB06BCD2D9A0234BBCD AT CORPUSMX80B DOT corp DOT emc DOT com> <h766kg$359$2 AT ger DOT gmane DOT org> <CC93624851A47D42AFD22FB06BCD2D9A0234BBF8 AT CORPUSMX80B DOT corp DOT emc DOT com> <h767mt$7d9$1 AT ger DOT gmane DOT org> <CC93624851A47D42AFD22FB06BCD2D9A0234BC28 AT CORPUSMX80B DOT corp DOT emc DOT com>
Date:	Thu, 27 Aug 2009 11:38:39 -0400
Message-ID:	<f60fe000908270838g68bddf4ay788f70b67a138a48@mail.gmail.com>
Subject:	Re: Re: Changing HOME for PERL
From:	"Mark J. Reed" <markjreed AT gmail DOT com>
To:	cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Cc:	Andrew AT defaria DOT com
X-IsSubscribed:	yes
Mailing-List:	contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm
List-Id:	<cygwin.cygwin.com>
List-Unsubscribe:	<mailto:cygwin-unsubscribe-archive-cygwin=delorie DOT com AT cygwin DOT com>
List-Subscribe:	<mailto:cygwin-subscribe AT cygwin DOT com>
List-Archive:	<http://sourceware.org/ml/cygwin/>
List-Post:	<mailto:cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
List-Help:	<mailto:cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com>, <http://sourceware.org/ml/#faqs>
Sender:	cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com
Mail-Followup-To:	cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Delivered-To:	mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com

On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 11:24 AM, Dexter Michael wrote:
> $ echo $PATH

[...]

Holy giant PATH, Batman!  That's like 1800 characters long! Not that
that's necessarily a problem on its own...

I'm curious about this bit:

...:"C:/Program Files/Common Files/EMC":...

Does quoting the Windows-style pathname actually work?  That seems suspicious.

-- 
Mark J. Reed <markjreed AT gmail DOT com>

--
Problem reports:       http://cygwin.com/problems.html
FAQ:                   http://cygwin.com/faq/
Documentation:         http://cygwin.com/docs.html
Unsubscribe info:      http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple

- Raw text -