Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Message-ID: <3FEB4237.BA1E9533@dessent.net> Date: Thu, 25 Dec 2003 12:01:59 -0800 From: Brian Dessent Organization: My own little world... MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: Problem using export command References: <3696 DOT 68 DOT 55 DOT 203 DOT 3 DOT 1072381783 DOT squirrel AT webmail DOT umbc DOT edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - host.linuxsv3.net X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - cygwin.com X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [0 0] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - dessent.net X-IsSubscribed: yes Anjali Bharat Shah wrote: > export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$REI_HOME/lib > export CLASSPATH=$CLASSPATH:$CP:$REI_HOME/classes:. > > rm $REI_HOME/classes/*.class > $JAVA_HOME/javac -d classes $REI_HOME/src/*.java > $JAVA_HOME/java ReiEngine $REI_HOME/config.xml > > This file runs without problems in Linux, but under cygwin it gives the > following error: > export: Files\Xinox: bad variable name > > A similar problem was faced by someone who posted a message to the mailing > list. But I found no answer to that and so am posting my message again. If > someone could please help me figure why this error occurs and suggest some > solution, I will be very glad. Your CLASSPATH contains a directory with a space in it, probably \Program Files. You'll need to quote it so that the shell sees it all as one word. Also, I don't think LD_LIBRARY_PATH has any effect under Cygwin. There's no such feature. Brian -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/