X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.4 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_05,J_CHICKENPOX_53,SPF_HELO_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <4A1B4D1F.3090502@cygwin.com> Date: Mon, 25 May 2009 21:59:59 -0400 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.21) Gecko/20090320 Remi/2.0.0.21-1.fc8.remi Lightning/0.9 Thunderbird/2.0.0.21 Mnenhy/0.7.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: spaces in $PATH References: <4A1B4AB8 DOT 1080702 AT energyts DOT com> In-Reply-To: <4A1B4AB8.1080702@energyts.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: 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 newsletter wrote: > Hi all > I am trying to configure the $PATH variable in cygwin and am having > problems getting a path to program files to work. It keeps saying > "Program: No such file or directory". I've tried to put quotes (both > single and double) around the offending line but it doesn't work as well. > > what is the correct syntax? Depends on what you're trying to do. This is an example of me launching 'ALZip' from 'bash': #echo $PATH /usr/bin:/WINDOWS/system32:/WINDOWS:/WINDOWS/System32/Wbem:/Program Files/Intel/DMIX:/Program Files/ESTsoft/ALZip/:/Program Files/ATI Technologies/ATI.ACE/:/Program Files/Microsoft SQL Server/90/Tools/binn/:/Interix/common/:/Program Files/ESTsoft/ALZip/:/home/lhall/bin #ls /Program\ Files/ESTsoft/ALZip/ ALBanner.dll AZCTM.dll Language/ unacev2.dll ALTip.dll AZCTM64.dll Newzip.dat unins000.dat ALTip.ini AZMain.dll alupdate.exe unins000.exe ALZEXE.DAT Az7z.dll alupopt.dll unrar4.dll ALZip.exe AzCDImage.dll alzip.chm ALZipIcon.dll CrashRpt_D.dll readme.txt #ALZip -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- 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/