On 4 August 2010 19:59, Nellis, Kenneth wrote: >> > Cygwin> export QNX_VISUAL_C++_PATH="$(cygpath "$(printenv >> QNX_VISUAL_C++_PATH)")" >> > -bash: export: `QNX_VISUAL_C++_PATH=/cygdrive/c/Program Files/Orbital >> Qnx VisualC++ IDE': not a valid identifier >> > Cygwin> >> > >> > I probably need to give up on this, but felt like sharing my misery. >> >> bash does not support the plus character in a variable name and >> no amount of finagling is going to fix it. > > Well, *somehow* it got into the Cygwin environment, and cygwin.bat directly > invokes bash, so I interpret this as bash creating the Cygwin environment. > Where is the hole in this logic?
The Windows environment is translated by the Cygwin DLL, which gets loaded and initialised when bash.exe is invoked. 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
