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From: "Dave Korn" <dave DOT korn AT artimi DOT com>
To: <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: RE: strange behavior of bash
Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 15:13:06 +0100
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----Original Message----
>From: faif cn
>Sent: 21 September 2005 10:04

> Thank you Dave
> 
> On 9/20/05, Dave Korn wrote:
>>> 
>>>  I deleted some values in Windows Local Environment variable "PATH".
>>> My original "HOME" is c:/home/myname/. And then:
>> 
>>   .... it broke.  So put them back!
> 
> What I deleted is "borland c" bin directory to avoid cygwin confusing
> two "make" tools. and maybe some other PATH variables which I believe
> set by some outdated software. It left as
> 
>
"%SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;%SystemRoot%\System32\Wbem;c:\matlab6p5\
bin\win32;C:\PROGRA~1\ULTRAE~1;%HTC_PIC%\BIN;;C:\Program
> Files\Common Files\GTK\2.0\bin\"

  Get rid of that double-semicolon between %HTC_PIC%\BIN and the GTK path.

> There is nothing special, the same PC with same path variables run
> cygwin no problem. I just get confused why this behavior happens, and
> with invoke --login parameter.

Meaning this behaviour ?

>>  If I type "bash" in any other directories, the bash promote can be
>> shown successfully and I can use bash environment.
>> 
>>  If I type "bash" in my home directory, it just hangs for seconds and
>> back to dos promote and nothing happened. Alternatively "bash --login"
>> has same behavior.

  You must have a file called bash in your home directory, and that empty
component between the two double-semicolons counts as adding '.' to your
$PATH in POSIX.

    cheers,
      DaveK
-- 
Can't think of a witty .sigline today....


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