X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:message-id:date:from:reply-to:mime-version:to :subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; q=dns; s=default; b=sCqtNR/vvsrba1ig 41ZPzdjf7sGvOtTSYArwESQOHDqiHafFrwHYE5Dx03BCQBlK6r4GIKG/gjSnQGol jUZGq/8y0SuEM6AAN9hUp+sOrDamz67XQtySbleJlePcJjVga72scBChvRDNiVXi fPma/tG/gRO7KOltAYw6nOl9ptY= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:message-id:date:from:reply-to:mime-version:to :subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; s=default; bh=x8YqGKKEU7pXrnfipF99tO KLwu4=; b=iteTFyb+8ScQpRmUrLhebSlsbDnCnoEhwOo4YaRFc/hKDy767963T/ c5Sb7JwwNedIK8KDDbc/vM/SQQdE3r926JvRL3UhMtkJfu3KYijEpmr0znd36dEj MTIYreEhnILFrfLvT/QSGb/Mh9LUJfyUAbe0/qT4GzHtmZw/dMf7A= 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 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=2.8 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_50,KAM_LAZY_DOMAIN_SECURITY,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=no version=3.3.2 X-HELO: vms173019pub.verizon.net X-CMAE-Score: 0 X-CMAE-Analysis: v=2.1 cv=Jp0M15MC c=1 sm=1 tr=0 a=Z9UJdt/jcW91Hd6r4aN9qw==:117 a=w_pzkKWiAAAA:8 a=oR5dmqMzAAAA:8 a=4g2epv4a4k0A:10 a=-9mUelKeXuEA:10 a=N659UExz7-8A:10 a=XAFQembCKUMA:10 a=nvfHO-738TTsfNzyl0oA:9 a=pILNOxqGKmIA:10 Message-id: <559349CA.80601@cygwin.com> Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2015 22:00:42 -0400 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-to: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.7.0 MIME-version: 1.0 To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: path dependent on drive in cygwin References: In-reply-to: Content-type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit On 06/30/2015 02:27 PM, John Norris wrote: > Hi, > I am running cygwin 1.7.x on Windows 2008. I realise this may be out of date > but this is what we are using. > I have noticed that the path variable for our build user is dependent on > where "cmd /C" is run from. > Please see below - I have cut back the PATH so that it does not overwhelm. > Notice the extra C; before the non cygwin entries. And when run from e > drive, the C; remains but the c: becomes e:. And this is the problem - the > path when run from c is messy but works. The path when run from e (which is > where we do run from) does not work. > > Can anyone explain this. I guess one way round this is to explicitly call > the necessary programs without relying on PATH. But interested why this > happens. I think we need to see your path in Windows and your cygcheck output. Start cmd.exe and send the results of "PATH". -- Larry _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- 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