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Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2025 10:34:06 +0100
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Subject: Re: env and PATH
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On 20/12/2024 23.15, Brian Inglis via Cygwin wrote:
> Hi Federico,
> 
> Looks like non-Cygwin program launch is messing up PATH not on the 
> current drive:
> 
> $ cd /proc/cygdrive/d
> $ cat -A /proc/cygdrive/d/tmp/t.cmd
> echo %PATH%^M$
> $ env -i PATH='C:\Windows;C:\Windows\system32;' /bin/sh -c 'echo $PATH'
> C:\Windows;C:\Windows\system32;
> $ env -i PATH='C:\Windows;C:\Windows\system32;' `cygpath $COMSPEC` /s /c \
> "d:\tmp\t.cmd"
> D:\>echo C;D:\Windows;C;D:\Windows\system32;
> C;D:\Windows;C;D:\Windows\system32;
> D:\>exit

I did some other testing

 From cygwin, without using env explicitly

 > PATH='D:\windows' 
/c/Windows/System32/WindowsPowerShell/v1.0/powershell.exe
 > echo $env:PATH
D;C:\windows

(similar result for cmd)

 From powershell

 > $env:PATH="D:\windows"
 > C:/Windows/System32/WindowsPowerShell/v1.0/powershell.exe
 > echo $env:PATH
D:\windows

(similar result for cmd)

I also tried

PATH='D:\windows' /usr/bin/cygstart 
/c/Windows/System32/WindowsPowerShell/v1.0/powershell.exe

hoping it would do the trick, but PATH is still "broken", and powershell 
starts in a separate window :(

> 
> On 2024-12-20 09:51, Federico Kircheis via Cygwin wrote:
>> Hello to everyone,
>>
>>
>> I've noticed that env seems to handle the environment variable PATH in 
>> a particular way
>>
>>
>> -----
>>  > cd /d;
>>  > env -i PATH='C:\Windows;C:\Windows\system32;' /c/Windows/System32/ 
>> WindowsPowerShell/v1.0/powershell.exe
>> # in the powershell instance
>> echo $env:PATH
>> C;D:\Windows;C;D:\Windows\system32;
>> ----
>>
>>
>>  From this and other examples it seems that env uses for PATH  as 
>> separator, then preprends the current drive to all paths that begin 
>> with '\' (thus all of them), and ";" is treated as part of the path
>>
>>
>> I would like to use the PATH as-is in the invoked program, just like 
>> it is done for other variables, for example
>>
>> ----
>> cd /d
>> env -i OPATH='C:\Windows;C:\Windows\system32;' /c/Windows/System32/ 
>> WindowsPowerShell/v1.0/powershell.exe
>> # in the powershell instance
>> echo $env:OPATH
>> C:\Windows;C:\Windows\system32;
>> ----
>>
>> in this case OPATH is forwarded as-is to powershell.exe.
>>
>> I understand that PATH is special, that for cygwin processes some 
>> transformation might be necessary.
>>
>> But is there any way to achieve what I'm trying?
>>
>> I search if there is maybe a separation option for telling env to use 
>> PATH as- is, but could not find none.
>>
>> Best
>>
>> Federico

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