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Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2003 02:35:16 +0100
From: Elfyn McBratney <elfyn AT is DOT ubertales DOT co DOT uk>
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To: Graham Lamont <grahamlamont AT ntlworld DOT com>
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Subject: Re: set PATH=C:\CYGWIN2\bin;C:\CYGWIN2\usr\bin
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On Thu, 5 Jun 2003, Graham Lamont wrote:

> I put:
> set PATH=C:\CYGWIN2\bin;C:\CYGWIN2\usr\bin
> in cygwin.bat
>
> but commands (eg dir, more) will not work outside these
> dirs in bash.
> What am I doing wrong ?
>
> also how can I interrogate the PATH variable ?

echo $PATH

from a Cygwin shell.

Elfyn

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