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Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2001 13:22:58 -0400
From: Peter Buckley <peter DOT buckley AT cportcorp DOT com>
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This example of 

PATH=chuck:/bin...

and 

PATH=c:/bin... 

is different from 

> > > c:/jdk1.3.1/bin:/usr/local/bin:...:c:/usr/local/emacs/bin

that Pavel gave. 

In Pavel's example, (which must be a typo) there would be two 
references to the directory "c". Maybe he wants two separate 
references to the same directory in the path, but I don't think 
that will accomplish anything, and it clouds the real problem, 
which I think Don has stated well here. 

HTH,
Peter 



Don Sharp wrote:
> 
> 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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