Davied wrote: >I reproduce this behaviour. > >Looks like the PATH environment variable is not valid anymore after $VAR >has been asigned? > >David
No, it cannot start external programs. The error message is bash: /usr/bin/ls.exe: Invalid argument All internal commands I have tested work. echo $PATH shows the expected output. Setting VAR= reverts to the normal behavior. Odd you cannot $ strace /bin/echo oops to figure out where it fails. System: $ uname -a CYGWIN_NT-5.1 KFIDEMUC110528 1.5.5(0.94/3/2) 2003-09-20 16:31 i686 unknown unknown Cygwin $ echo $BASH_VERSION 2.05b.0(1)-release Best regards / Mit freundlichen Grüssen, Thomas Demmer Kraft Foods R&D Inc. Tel.: +49 (0)89 62738-6302 Fax: +49 (0)89 62738-86302 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:> Thought of the day A penny saved is a penny taxed. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
