X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2007 14:39:51 -0700 From: Gary Johnson To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: executing an executable Message-ID: <20070916213951.GD11396@suncomp1.spk.agilent.com> Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com On 2007-09-16, Cole Radcliffe wrote: > "Cole Radcliffe" wrote: > > > I do an ls -la and I see I have an executable called "executable.exe". > > I chmod to 777. Then I try to type "execut" and I press tab and it > > does not find it. When I type in the entire name and press enter, bash > > says the command is not found! It works fine on cygwin-x. > > Type ./executable or set your PATH variable to include "." (the latter > is usually not recommended, even in cygwin, I think). > > And try to read up about PATH. > > Regards -- Markus > > I tried "set PATH=.:$PATH" and that did not work. When I echoed the > $PATH I realized that that command had no effect. What am I doing > wrong? Cygwin's default shell is bash and bash does not use 'set' to set environment variables. Just execute this: PATH=.:$PATH Regards, Gary -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/