I see that by default PATH includes some entries like %SystemRoot%/System32
I also note that $SystemRoot is undefined, yet $SYSTEMROOT contains the expected C:\WINDOWS value. This of course causes problems. Would a backslash-style path work correctly if it were properly interpolated into the PATH? Is the % notation special magic for Cygwin to handle DOS-isms? The case variance may be of interest, in that case. luke -- 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/