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Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 16:52:44 +0200
From: Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] Bugs in cron-config: filename case and PATH
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On Oct 10 10:29, Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
> /usr/bin/cron-config doesn't work when "case_check:strict" is in effect,

http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-cygwinenv.html, especially the
first few words about the check_case option.  I have no inclination at
all to support this option any further.

> as well as not setting the PATH to include /usr/bin.  So, the cron service
> can't find cygwin1.dll, unless $PATH in the global system environment
> contains 'c:\cygwin\bin'.

Since cygrunsrv saw the light of the world for the first time, it adds
/bin to $PATH before calling the inferior application.  So I don't see
how adding /usr/bin to $PATH should help finding the DLL.


Corinna

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