> Specifically, I need to do > > Set PATH=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual C++ Toolkit 2003\bin;%PATH% > Set INCLUDE=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual C++ Toolkit > 2003\include;%INCLUDE% Set LIB=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio > .NET 2003\Vc7\lib;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual C++ Toolkit > 2003\lib;%LIB% > > So that VC++ will run properly from the command line. Any suggestions?
Since these variables are to be used by a Windows app, it would make most sense to set them in Windows. Then they'll be available to all Windows apps (including others that might start VC++), and also in Cygwin. In XP, you can use the so-well-hidden-it's-almost-gone environment variables pane: right click on my computer, Properties, Advanced, Environment Variables. You may find it easier just to enter them directly into the registry: HKCU\Environment for user-specific variables, or HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Environment for system-wide variables. For path variables that you want to use in both Windows and Cygwin, there is a path conversion problem, as Igor says. If you're using VC++ and not gcc, then you can just leave INCLUDE et al. as Windows-format paths. But if you want to launch both from Cygwin, then you have a problem, because either path format (Windows or Cygwin) will be wrong for one of them. I guess what's needed is to put the paths into Cygwin format, and write a wrapper script for VC++, that converts them back to Windows format first. Fortunately cygpath(1) can make these conversions for you. Good luck, Andrew. -- 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/
