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Date: Sun, 23 May 2010 23:17:48 -0700 (PDT)
From: Willie Vu <willievu AT dev DOT java DOT net>
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Subject: Re: Environment variable problem
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You are right! d2u fixes the problem.  Thanks! :clap:


Ken Brown-6 wrote:
> 
> On 5/23/2010 9:51 AM, Willie Vu wrote:
>>
>> I set an environment variable in /etc/profile.d/env.sh that is loaded
>> when
>> Cygwin starts, like the following:
>>
>> export M2_HOME=d\:/java/apache-maven-2.2.1
>>
>> When it is echoed, it shows the value correctly.
>>
>> $ echo $M2_HOME
>> d:/java/apache-maven-2.2.1
>>
>> However, if I suffix it with "/bin", it becomes the following:
>>
>> $ echo $M2_HOME/bin
>> /binava/apache-maven-2.2.1
>>
>> If I run the export statement inline, then there is no problem.
>>
>> $ export M2_HOME=d\:/java/apache-maven-2.2.1
>>
>> $ echo $M2_HOME
>> d:/java/apache-maven-2.2.1
>>
>> $ echo $M2_HOME/bin
>> d:/java/apache-maven-2.2.1/bin
>>
>> Any idea?
> 
> Does your script env.sh have DOS line endings?  It looks like M2_HOME 
> ends with a carriage return.  Try running d2u on env.sh.
> 
> Ken
> 
> 
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