Hi Gerry On Sun, Feb 6, 2011 at 9:43 PM, Gerry Reno wrote: > David, thanks for the response. I put my responses inline... > > On 02/06/2011 02:16 PM, David Sastre wrote: >> On Sun, Feb 06, 2011 at 01:33:37PM -0500, Gerry Reno wrote: >> >>> What is the proper method to set the PATH variable on a system-wide >>> basis in Cygwin? >>> >>> Right now in the Cygwin Bash shell the PATH is set to: >>> >>> bash-4.1$ echo $PATH >>> >>> /cygdrive/c/WINDOWS/system32:/cygdrive/c/WINDOWS:/cygdrive/c/WINDOWS/System32/Wb >>> em:/cygdrive/c/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft SQL >>> Server/90/Tools/binn/:/usr/bin >>> >> First off, I'm curious about how do you start the bash shell. I ask >> because you don't seem to have PS1 set correctly, and that should be >> automated by startup-scripts. >> > > I didn't change anything. This is rather new installation of Cygwin. >
Do you start Cygwin from cygwin.bat, or a shortcut of your own? PS1 not being set is a symptom of the shell not being started as interactive or login shell. (cygwin.bat for instance starts bash --login -i) I see you have a .bash_profile . Do you also have a .bashrc in your home directory ? -- GCS a+ e++ d- C++ ULS$ L+$ !E- W++ P+++$ w++$ tv+ b++ DI D++ 5++ Life is complex, with real and imaginary parts. "Ok, it boots. Which means it must be bug-free and perfect. " -- Linus Torvalds "People disagree with me. I just ignore them." -- Linus Torvalds -- 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
