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Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2005 07:42:05 -0400
From: Jason Tishler <jason AT tishler DOT net>
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: Invoking ash for rebaseall
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On Sun, Jul 17, 2005 at 11:07:04PM -0700, Brian Dessent wrote:
> Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
> > Umm, why should rebaseall require a PATH setting at all?  Wouldn't
> > it be easier to specify full paths for every command instead of
> > telling users to set their PATH?
> 
> Well, if the user does not have /usr/bin in their Windows path
> (instead relying on /etc/profile to add it) and they try to run "ash
> rebaseall" from a command prompt, they will get an error about not
> finding cygwin1.dll unless /usr/bin is the CWD.

Actually, "ash rebaseall" will not work even if the user's PATH is set
correctly.  Unlike bash, ash does not seem to search the PATH to find a
script to execute:

    $ ash foo.sh
    foo.sh: Can't open foo.sh: No such file or directory

But, the following work:
    
    $ ash /home/jt/bin/foo.sh
    foo
    $ ash -c foo.sh
    foo

Jason

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