X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2009 19:21:48 -0500 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: how to get the windows PATH env in cygwin Message-ID: <20091202002148.GB29446@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com 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> <4B1577F5.4000809@bopp.net> <20091201232831.GF29782@win.tue.nl> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20091201232831.GF29782@win.tue.nl> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) 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 Wed, Dec 02, 2009 at 12:28:31AM +0100, Reinier Post wrote: >>Windows programs will only ever see a Windows-style PATH no matter >>what; however, they WILL see the Cygwin paths converted to >>Windows-style and prepended IF they were run from a login shell under >>Cygwin. > >Yes, that's how I'm getting these Message too long messages. Can we *please* stop this discussion now? There isn't anything new to add so we're just wasing bandwidth. cgf -- 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