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Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2003 15:51:30 -0400 (EDT)
From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu>
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To: Steve <beforewisdom AT yahoo DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Path : Win 2k : Munged Directory
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On Wed, 23 Apr 2003, Steve wrote:

> Hi;
>
> I'm using cygwin on a win2k box.
>
> I haven't had any luck executing java from bash.
> It works from DOS.
>
> The java path is C:\JDK\bin
>
> It is included in my PATH variable through windows via
> Start | Control Panel | System | Advanced | Environment Variables
>
> All of the directories in my PATH are set from here.
>
> When I run "echo $PATH" from bash I noticed that all of those other
> directories in my PATH are correctly translated from windows to cygwin
> format.  In other words C:\Foo becomes /cygdrive/c/Foo in bash.
>
> However C:\JDK\bin remains C:\JDK\bin
>
> I'm guessing this has something to do with the problem.
> Any ideas on how I can fix it?
>
> I already tried setting a path variable in my .bashrc to no avail.
> My windows PATH variable is set for the entire system.
>
> Steve

Is the "C:\JDK\bin" part quoted in the PATH?  If it is, unquote it, i.e.,
change '...;"C:\JDK\bin";...' to '...;C:\JDK\bin;...'.
	Igor
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