X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.1 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_20 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <4E01B8FC54D24140A0EAF5118592D5BF@cit.wayne.edu> From: "Lee Maschmeyer" To: References: <8d7f7110911300444l7ab3c2c8l5ac1edf0097d2065@mail.gmail.com> <4B142061.6000200@cygwin.com> <8d7f7110911301717jbafbc2ci432817b1c713f1e6@mail.gmail.com> <20091201013022.GA2336@KCJs-Computer> <4B147423.1050404@bopp.net> <20091201153816.GA21362@win.tue.nl> <416096c60912010803o33bf4c7dgbca2178307c83bcc@mail.gmail.com> <31b7d2790912011042k625d8adak88022ead8be9633d@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: how to get the windows PATH env in cygwin Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2009 15:24:45 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Id: 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 >To verify it, all you have to do is open a bash prompt (Cygwin.bat, >mintty, rxvt, whatever) and then launch a cmd.exe or powershell. > >Check the path in the bash prompt and you will see the cygwin stuff at >the beginning of it. > >Check the path in the cmd.exe or powershell prompt which was run >*after* the bash script updated the path and you will see that it does >*not* include the cygwin paths. Well, I just (gasp) tested! And awful lot of bandwidth wasting is being done by people who think they know how it works. But for me, at least, the path from the invocation of cmd was the same as the path in the Cygwin session from which it was invoked. Thus: 0/tty2W0(2)$ echo $PATH /home/lmaschm/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/c/Program Files/Common Files/Microsoft Shared/Windows Live:/c/WINDOWS /system32:/c/WINDOWS:/c/WINDOWS/System32/Wbem:/c/WINDOWS/system32/WindowsPowerShell/v1.0:/c/Program Files/Common Files/Microsoft Sha red/Windows Live:/usr/lib/lapack 0/tty2W0(2)$ cmd Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600] (C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp. C:\cygwin-1.7\home\lmaschm>path path PATH=C:\cygwin-1.7\home\lmaschm\bin;C:\cygwin-1.7\usr\local\bin;C:\cygwin-1.7\bin;C:\cygwin-1.7\bin;C:\cygwin-1.7\usr\X11R6\bin;C:\P rogram Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Windows Live;C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;C:\WINDOWS\system32\ WindowsPowerShell\v1.0;C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Windows Live;C:\cygwin-1.7\lib\lapack C:\cygwin-1.7\home\lmaschm>exit exit 0/tty2W0(2)$ -- Lee Maschmeyer Wayne State University Detroit, Michigan, USA -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple