X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_05,DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,T_TO_NO_BRKTS_FREEMAIL X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <AANLkTim0CVD4+YYorps+=u1jgnE=xcTmhGHi=OYD7zbS@mail.gmail.com> References: <AANLkTim0CVD4+YYorps+=u1jgnE=xcTmhGHi=OYD7zbS AT mail DOT gmail DOT com> Date: Sun, 17 Oct 2010 11:18:15 +0100 Message-ID: <AANLkTikyMttyJBxdbecs6MRbr6Ysy6twrZSJktKgmN=V@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: the Windows %PATH% env. variable isn't updated From: Andy Koppe <andy DOT koppe AT gmail DOT com> To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: <cygwin.cygwin.com> List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:cygwin-unsubscribe-archive-cygwin=delorie DOT com AT cygwin DOT com> List-Subscribe: <mailto:cygwin-subscribe AT cygwin DOT com> List-Archive: <http://sourceware.org/ml/cygwin/> List-Post: <mailto:cygwin AT cygwin DOT com> List-Help: <mailto:cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com>, <http://sourceware.org/ml/#faqs> 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 17 October 2010 09:14, Tal wrote: > We use Windows 7 64bit. After the installation of Cygwin 1.7, the > cygwin "bin" directory (c:\cygwin\bin) is not added to the %PATH% > enviroment variable That's as expected. It's not added because it's not necessary for usual Cygwin use, where you run bash in the default console or one of the other terminals, and also because it may cause conflicts with other software on the system. You can add it yourself on the Advanced tab of the System control panel, or using the setx utility. Andy -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple