On Fri, Feb 14, 2003 at 11:38:06AM -0700, Matt Armstrong wrote: >Christopher Faylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> On Fri, Feb 14, 2003 at 10:12:54AM -0700, Matt Armstrong wrote: >>>In the Win32 world, quotes around path elements are valid. If I have: >>> >>> PATH="c:\foo bar" >>> >>>cmd.exe will find executables in that dir. >>> >>>When I run bash or zsh, things in "c:\foo bar" aren't found. >> >> This is a UNIX emulation environment. "c:\foo bar" doesn't mean the c drive >> in a PATH variable. It means the 'c' directory followed by the '\foo bar' >> directory. Colon is the separator for PATH. >> >> The correct syntax for the above is PATH="/cygdrive/c/foo bar" . > >I understand completely -- as I said somewhat ambiguously I was >setting the path to "c:\foo bar" in cmd.exe, then running bash. > >When Cygwin initializes its PATH from the Win32 one, it doesn't handle >quoted elements properly. > >E.g. cygwin converts the Win32 path like this: > > c:\foo;"c:\bar" -> /cygdrive/c/foo:"c:\bar" > >But it should do this: > > c:\foo;"c:\bar" -> /cygdrive/c/foo:/cygdrive/c/bar
Ah, sorry. I see what you're saying now. Yes, that's "arguably" a bug. cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
