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On 25/07/2012 3:59, Andrew DeFaria wrote:
>
> Maybe when in Cygwin, /bin and /usr/bin should be put in your PATH ahead
> of the Windows stuff. I know I've run with C:\Cygwin\bin in the front of
> my Windows System Environment PATH variable for years without issue
> (though I think some around here might say it's not a good idea).
 >

They are already in front, but if the command is not there it just 
searches for the next up to the last, and if no match even so, says 
command not found.

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