lin q wrote: >> From: "Dave Korn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Oh no. More spam. :-( Please read http://cygwin.com/acronyms#PCYMTNQREAIYR! > I do not quite get what you are saying and your example, I am using BASH > which the default cygwin shell. Hmm, maybe I don't quite get what you are saying then! > In your example you can see that "/cygdrive/c/prog/bin/nt" is the first > element in $PATH, that is what we want; "$PROG_ENV/bin/nt/prog.exe" is > expanded to "/cygdrive/c/prog/bin/nt/prog.exe" correctly. Yes, that is what I think is supposed to happen. > These are all as expected, the problem is why the correct path can not be > taken. > > Do I miss anything? Yes: Why is _your_ example different from mine? Look: >>> export PROG_ENV=/cygdrive/c/prog >>> export PATH=$PROG_ENV/bin/nt:$PATH >>> >>> echo $PATH >>> $PROG_ENV/bin/nt/prog.exe Here, PROG_ENV is *not* expanded. So something has gone wrong, hasn't it? 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/
