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Subject:  Re: how to get the windows PATH env in cygwin
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On 11/30/2009 08:05 PM, Dave Korn wrote:
> Andrew DeFaria wrote:
>> Simply start the Windows command prompt and type in echo %PATH%.
> You must need to re-read the subject line, since your suggested method 
> does not actually answer the question asked.
Indeed! You're right. So then the answer is that you can use that to see 
what the Windows PATH is before Cygwin gets to it and you can see the 
resulting PATH variable after Cygwin has modified it (or you can go 
through steps to try to stop Cygwin from modifying it) but there is no 
environment variable for the Windows PATH. You could change 
/etc/profile(?) to export WINDOWS_PATH=$PATH before it starts changing 
it - or maybe you can interrogate the registry. The real question here 
is what does he need the Windows PATH for? If just to look at then echo 
%PATH% in a cmd shell or look at System: Properties: Advanced: 
Environment variables: PATH (Both user and system).
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