On Wed, 30 May 2007 15:48:31 -0700, Eric Armstrong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On windows, there are a couple of useful notes to add:
>
> * To set environment variables and the path on XP:
> Start -> Control Panel -> System
> Advanced tab
> Environment Variables button
>
> * JRUBY_HOME is accessed as %JRUBY_HOME%
>
> But I'm still weirded out. Even though my path shows
> %JRUBY_HOME%\bin, executing "jruby" produces "not a
> command". I would have sworn the path worked better
> than that. What have I forgotten?
Try spelling out the full path, rather than using %RUBY_HOME%. I don't think
Windows creates the registry value for the default PATH as a REG_EXPAND_SZ by
default (though I believe it does for a few specific other variables), so you
don't get environment variable expansion there.
-mental
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