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yitzle wrote:
> $ cygpath.exe -w /bin
> C:\cygwin\bin
> 
> $ cygpath.exe -w /usr/bin
> C:\cygwin\bin
> 
> /usr/bin is a link to /bin
> 
> Can't find where BASH is exported...

JFTR...

    Shell Variables
        The following variables are set by the shell:

        BASH   Expands to the full file name used to invoke this 
instance of bash.

...so it is set by bash itself, not any script.

-- 
Matthew
So, an astrophysicist, a quantum physicist, and an astrologer walk into 
a bar...


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