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 Reply-To: Cygwin List Message-Id: <6.1.0.6.0.20040921204242.03e508c8@pop.prospeed.net> X-Sender: Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2004 20:47:58 -0400 To: Nathan Green , cygwin AT cygwin DOT com From: Larry Hall Subject: Re: Setting up Environmental Variables In-Reply-To: <9334c26a04092117281a7f06af@mail.gmail.com> References: <9334c26a04092117281a7f06af AT mail DOT gmail DOT com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" At 08:28 PM 9/21/2004, you wrote: >When running bash in cygwin, I am not able to run any commands. From >the cygwin/bin directory, I can execute commands like gcc and make. >I've set a couple of environmental variables: > > >SET HOME="c:\cygwin" >SET PATH="c:\cygwin\bin" > >Is this correct? Are my environmental variables the problem? They are a problem, yes. Don't set HOME. Unless you know why you're doing it, you don't want it. Setting your PATH as above is certainly not what you want either. I'm going to recommend you undo things that you've done and then read and follow: >Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html This has the guidelines for reporting problems to the list. If you follow these, people here will have a better idea of what your configuration is and where your problems are. Please try to be as specific as possible with your problem descriptions, as we can only know what you tell us. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 -- 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/