On Tue, Dec 01, 2009 at 12:42:01PM -0600, DePriest, Jason R. wrote: > On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 10:03 AM, Andy Koppe <> wrote: > > 2009/12/1 Reinier Post: > >>> If you want to see the Windows PATH setting unmolested by Cygwin, you > >>> will either need to strip out the additions set by /etc/profile or avoid > >>> running under an environment modified by /etc/profile. > >> > >> It doesn't add, actually - it replaces it. > > > > You're wrong. The Cygwin DLL at startup translates the Windows PATH > > variable. And this line in /etc/profile adds to it: > > > > PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:$PATH
True. I grepped for that line, read it, and didn't see the $PATH. > This is completely and totally true. > > To verify it, all you have to do is open a bash prompt (Cygwin.bat, > mintty, rxvt, whatever) and then launch a cmd.exe or powershell. Not quite. I did this, but missed the .bash_profile I forgot I created three years ago. Sorry. -- Reinier -- 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
