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From: "Soren Andersen" <soren AT wonderstorm DOT com>
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2001 05:13:35 -0500
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Subject: RE: "The PATH problem"
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On 12 Jan 2001, an entity purporting to be Schaible, Joerg [Schaible, Joerg 
<Joerg DOT Schaible AT gft DOT com>] wrote [regarding RE: "The PATH problem"]  

> Hi Soren,
> 
> >Cygwin doesn't allow modification or unset on the PATH variable after 
> >login, so it has to be set right from 'Doze before bash gets fired up, no? 
> 
> Who has told you that? This is simply not true, but it depends on the shell
> you're using.

I am *quite* sure I just read it in documentation, but I am sorry, I have 
been multitasking at least a half-dozen projects for days now, and I do not 
have a pointer to cite to the location of this statement.

I exhaustively tried to alter my PATH inside bash (using statements 
identical to what you cited) before I found the documentary confirmation 
that it doesn't work.

   "YMMV".

   regards,
     soren andersen

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