At 03:03 PM 4/7/2004, you wrote: >Hi, > > From my Cygwin terminal, I want to call DOS programs which require >some environment variables to be set properly (such as the commandline >utility *link.exe* of Visual Studio) for current session. > >Unfortunately, this was not possible by simply setting the variables in >the shell (I am using tcsh). Link.exe refuses to see the environment >variables defined in tcsh. Is this the desired behaviour? Is there >anyway to make the DOS programs see the environment variables in Cygwin >shells? Or am I making a fundamental mistake in expecting such a behaviour?
Sorry, I don't have tcsh installed but I tried this from bash: # export FOO=bar # cmd Microsoft Windows 2000 [Version 5.00.2195] (C) Copyright 1985-2000 Microsoft Corp. D:\>echo %FOO% echo %FOO% bar D:\> So there's not a generic issue here. If something like this doesn't work with tcsh, then the problem is there. Otherwise, it's in 'link.exe' HTH, -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 -- 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/
