X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org From: "Dave Korn" To: References: <461504C3 DOT 8090907 AT agilent DOT com> Subject: RE: perl problem with cygwin path Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2007 15:20:23 +0100 Message-ID: <02f901c7778d$8cd100b0$2e08a8c0@CAM.ARTIMI.COM> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 In-Reply-To: <461504C3.8090907@agilent.com> Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: 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 On 05 April 2007 15:17, Mike R Brown wrote: > For example 'echo $HOME' within a bash shell returns > /cygdrive/c/users/charlie which is the correct path. On previous version of > Cygwin's Perl the statement... $home = $ENV{HOME} , which should just > return the environmental variable HOME, returns /cygpath/c/users/charlie > which of coarse is correct. The newer version of Perl returns > c:\users\charlie which is the Windows way of stating the path to home. You have activestate perl installed on that box and it's earlier in the path than cygwin perl. Setup is correctly showing you the cygwin version - which you then aren't invoking. cheers, DaveK -- Can't think of a witty .sigline today.... -- 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/