On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 2:24 PM, Lee Maschmeyer <> wrote: >> To verify it, all you have to do is open a bash prompt (Cygw > 0/tty2W0(2)$ echo $PATH > /home/lmaschm/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/c/Program > Files/Common Files/Microsoft Shared/Windows Live:/c/WINDOWS > /system32:/c/WINDOWS:/c/WINDOWS/System32/Wbem:/c/WINDOWS/system32/WindowsPowerShell/v1.0:/c/Program > Files/Common Files/Microsoft Sha > red/Windows Live:/usr/lib/lapack > 0/tty2W0(2)$ cmd > Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600] > (C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp. > > C:\cygwin-1.7\home\lmaschm>path > path > PATH=C:\cygwin-1.7\home\lmaschm\bin;C:\cygwin-1.7\usr\local\bin;C:\cygwin-1.7\bin;C:\cygwin-1.7\bin;C:\cygwin-1.7\usr\X11R6\bin;C:\P > rogram Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Windows > Live;C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;C:\WINDOWS\system32\ > WindowsPowerShell\v1.0;C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft > Shared\Windows Live;C:\cygwin-1.7\lib\lapack > > C:\cygwin-1.7\home\lmaschm>exit > exit > 0/tty2W0(2)$
of course if you run cmd from a bash prompt it will have the cygwin pre-pended path because it inherited it from its parent process ran mintty from start menu $ echo $PATH /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/cygdrive/c/Python26/:/cygdrive/c/Program Files (x86)/ActiveState Komodo IDE 5/ ... etc ran cmd.exe from start menu C:\>path PATH=C:\Python26\;C:\Program Files (x86)\ActiveState Komodo IDE 5\ ... etc no cygwin path even though the bash prompt with the cygwin pre-pended path is still open and still has the new (or rather, modified) path variable -Jason -- 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
