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Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2010 04:44:13 +0000
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Subject: Re: path not found - fstab problem?
From: Andy Koppe <andy DOT koppe AT gmail DOT com>
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2010/1/21 Russ:
> Hello,
>
> I have cygwin installed in the default c:\cygwin location...
>
> I cannot get cygwin to see an executable in my path =C2=A0-- unless I
> change dirs down to the application location or run it with the
> absolute path.
>
> This works:
> rp AT mycomputer =C2=A0~
> $ =C2=A0/c/Apps/apache-ant-1.8.0RC1/bin/ant -version
> Apache Ant version 1.8.0RC1 compiled on January 5 2010
>
> THIS DOES NOT:
> From my home dir: =C2=A0type "ant" and it is not found.
>
> rp AT mycomputer ~
> $ date
> Wed Jan 20 20:20:44 PST 2010
>
> rp AT mycomputer ~
> $ ant
> -bash: ant: command not found
>
> I am using cygwin 1.7.1-1 with the new /etc/fstab file.
>
> Here is my fstab file:
> cat /etc/fstab:
> =C2=A0 # For a description of the file format, see the Users Guide
> =C2=A0 # http://cygwin.com/1.7/cygwin-ug-net/using.html#mount-table
>
> =C2=A0 C: /c ntfs binary 0 0
> =C2=A0 D: /d ntfs binary 0 0
> =C2=A0 # This is default anyway:
> =C2=A0 # none /cygdrive cygdrive binary,posix=3D0,user 0 0
>
> If I am in my home directory and simply type "ant" it is not found.
>
> rp AT mycomputer ~
> $ date
> Wed Jan 20 20:20:44 PST 2010
>
> rp AT mycomputer ~
> $ ant
> -bash: ant: command not found
>
> my .bash_profile path looks like:
> PATH=3D$PATH:/c/Apps/apache-ant-1.8.ORC1/bin
> export PATH

You've got an O ('oh') instead of a 0 ('zero') in there. If that's
just a typo in your mail, please check what your path is actually set
to, using 'echo $PATH'.

Andy

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