From: earnie_boyd AT hotmail DOT com (Earnie Boyd) Subject: Re: "bad" PATH (2 instances seen by bash launched cmd file) 20 Mar 1998 05:48:18 -0800 Message-ID: <19980318151548.19416.qmail.cygnus.gnu-win32@hotmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain To: rodmant AT sol DOT net Cc: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com >To: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com >From: "Tom Rodman" >Reply-To: "Tom Rodman" >Subject: "bad" PATH (2 instances seen by bash launched cmd file) >Date: Mon, 16 Mar 1998 13:26:59 -0600 > >Take a look at this bash (beta 18) session: > > > > /adm/sa/tmp > > CMKE773 adm > export PATH=/WINNT/system32 > > /adm/sa/tmp > > CMKE773 adm > echo path=bar \& set path|cmd > Microsoft(R) Windows NT(TM) > (C) Copyright 1985-1996 Microsoft Corp. > > s:\adm\sa\tmp>path=bar & set path > PATH=bar > PATH=c:\WINNT\system32 > PATHEXT=.COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD > >Notice that PATH shows up twice. Can anyone explain this? Just guessing, it appears to me that it is a bug in the display of the output. PATH=bar should be displayed as path=bar and PATH=c:\WINNT\system32 should be displayed as it is. Therefore, the lowercase variables are stored as lowercase but displayed as UPPERCASE. > >regards, > >Tom Rodman >rodmant AT sol DOT net >- >For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to >"gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help". > - \\||// ---o0O0--Earnie--0O0o---- -earnie_boyd AT hotmail DOT com- ------ooo0O--O0ooo------- ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help".