Thank you very much all for your replies. I think I should clarify somthing first. Windows has two places to set path parameters "Local Machine" and "User environment", what I changed is "local machine" one which means it affects anyone use this pc.
1. I do have /cygwin/bin in my "User environment" Path, and I can see cygwin find and use them all by type "env" in cygwin. 2. I didn't install make (gnu one) yet. I just want to delete borland path first, because by accidently I typed make, it called borland "make". 3. So, I can type "bash" in any directory in CMD prompt. It is like the followings: #################################################### H:\>bash bash: .bash_profile: No such file or directory bash-3.00$ //enter bash environment without problem bash-3.00$ exit exit H:\>bash --login H:\> //It is back to CMD prompt !! ################################################### I fixed this now, because I stupidly put line ". .bash_profile" in ".bashrc" file to ensure my .bash_profile can be called every time when I start cygwin. and .bash_profile calls .bashrc again. I think it loops. Many thanks for all of your advices. Leo > ----Original Message---- > >From: faif cn > >Sent: 21 September 2005 10:04 > > > Thank you Dave > > > > On 9/20/05, Dave Korn wrote: > >>> > >>> I deleted some values in Windows Local Environment variable "PATH". > >>> My original "HOME" is c:/home/myname/. And then: > >> > >> .... it broke. So put them back! > > > > What I deleted is "borland c" bin directory to avoid cygwin confusing > > two "make" tools. and maybe some other PATH variables which I believe > > set by some outdated software. It left as > > > > > "%SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;%SystemRoot%\System32\Wbem;c:\matlab6p5\ > bin\win32;C:\PROGRA~1\ULTRAE~1;%HTC_PIC%\BIN;;C:\Program > > Files\Common Files\GTK\2.0\bin\" > > Get rid of that double-semicolon between %HTC_PIC%\BIN and the GTK path. > > > There is nothing special, the same PC with same path variables run > > cygwin no problem. I just get confused why this behavior happens, and > > with invoke --login parameter. > > Meaning this behaviour ? > > >> If I type "bash" in any other directories, the bash promote can be > >> shown successfully and I can use bash environment. > >> > >> If I type "bash" in my home directory, it just hangs for seconds and > >> back to dos promote and nothing happened. Alternatively "bash --login" > >> has same behavior. > > You must have a file called bash in your home directory, and that empty > component between the two double-semicolons counts as adding '.' to your > $PATH in POSIX. > > cheers, > DaveK > -- > Can't think of a witty .sigline today.... > > > -- > 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/ > > -- 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/
