Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@sourceware.cygnus.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@sources.redhat.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@sources.redhat.com Message-ID: <3BD455F2.C082339F@cportcorp.com> Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2001 13:22:58 -0400 From: Peter Buckley X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (WinNT; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Don Sharp CC: gnuwin32 Subject: Re: more info on execvp problem References: <3BD3EA44.FF96A58A@syntrex.com> <20011022112817.C7609@redhat.com> <3BD43CF4.2611ABC3@syntrex.com> <3BD43DE9.9060205@ece.gatech.edu> <3BD45371.5E3E6421@iee.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit This example of PATH=chuck:/bin... and PATH=c:/bin... is different from > > > c:/jdk1.3.1/bin:/usr/local/bin:...:c:/usr/local/emacs/bin that Pavel gave. In Pavel's example, (which must be a typo) there would be two references to the directory "c". Maybe he wants two separate references to the same directory in the path, but I don't think that will accomplish anything, and it clouds the real problem, which I think Don has stated well here. HTH, Peter Don Sharp wrote: > > Charles Wilson wrote: > > > > Pavel Tsekov wrote: > > > > > I was sure there will be a response like this - in short since as we > > > both > > > agree is posix internally (if noone messed with it) - you get this as > > > result > > > of getenv("PATH"): > > > > > > c:/jdk1.3.1/bin:/usr/local/bin:...:c:/usr/local/emacs/bin > > > > Listen carefully: as Chris has already pointed out, that is NOT a posix > > path. THIS is a posix path: > > > > /cygdrive/c/jdk1.3.1/bin:/usr/local/bin:...:/cygdrive/c/usr/local/emacs/bin > > > > Or, if you have mounted C:\ as /c (like I do on my boxes): > > > > /c/jdk1.3.3/bin:/usr/local/bin:...:/c/usr/local/emacs/bin > > > > See? There are NO ':' characters EXCEPT the path delimiters in a POSIX > > PATH variable. > > > > --Chuck > > > I think it is you that is missing the point. It is perfectly legal to > have a path like > > PATH=chuck:/bin.... > > but if the directory happens to be called "c" rather than "chuck" then > we have the problem as the PATH would now be > PATH=c:/bin.... > > We either say you can't do that or deal with it. > > Cheers > > Don Sharp > > P.S. Sorry for the personally addressed reply Chuck. > > -- > Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html > Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html > FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ -- Your mouse has moved. Windows NT must be restarted for the change to take effect. Reboot now? [OK] -- -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/