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Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2001 18:12:17 +0100
From: Don Sharp <dwsharp AT iee DOT org>
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Subject: Re: more info on execvp problem
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Charles Wilson wrote:
> 
> Pavel Tsekov wrote:
> 
> > I was sure there will be a response like this - in short since as we
> > both
> > agree is posix internally (if noone messed with it) - you get this as
> > result
> > of getenv("PATH"):
> >
> > c:/jdk1.3.1/bin:/usr/local/bin:...:c:/usr/local/emacs/bin
> 
> Listen carefully: as Chris has already pointed out, that is NOT a posix
> path.  THIS is a posix path:
> 
> /cygdrive/c/jdk1.3.1/bin:/usr/local/bin:...:/cygdrive/c/usr/local/emacs/bin
> 
> Or, if you have mounted C:\ as /c (like I do on my boxes):
> 
> /c/jdk1.3.3/bin:/usr/local/bin:...:/c/usr/local/emacs/bin
> 
> See?  There are NO ':' characters EXCEPT the path delimiters in a POSIX
> PATH variable.
> 
> --Chuck
> 
I think it is you that is missing the point. It is perfectly legal to
have a path like

PATH=chuck:/bin....

but if the directory happens to be called "c" rather than "chuck" then
we have the problem as the PATH would now be
PATH=c:/bin....

We either say you can't do that or deal with it.

Cheers

Don Sharp

P.S. Sorry for the personally addressed reply Chuck.

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