On 4/30/2008 4:01 PM, Simon Urbanek wrote:
On Apr 30, 2008, at 2:31 PM, Duncan Murdoch wrote:
On 4/30/2008 11:56 AM, Michael wrote:
On 29 Apr 2008, Duncan Murdoch wrote:
Right, you don't need to set the system path for everything, but
you do
need to set it in CMD (or other shell) before running Rcmd.
For Win 2K/XP/Vista, the system path can be set (through the GUI
interface,
not sure how to do it with scripts) without restarting, for new CMD
processes started afterwards.
Sure, but the installer doesn't know how to do that. It just sets
the path in the registry; it doesn't know how to give Explorer a
kick to get it to reload from there. As far as I know there's no
documented way to do that.
FWIW the PATH setting is effective immediately (at least on 2k/
XP ...). Any new shell you start (e.g. using Run..) will have the
updated PATH already.
Does that happen with the Rtools installer? I didn't know that. I
thought explorer only changes the PATH at startup, or when you edit it
from the control panel.
Duncan
I was always very skeptical as editing PATH in the installer is
concerned (and I have always declined any automated changes), but I
really love the feature that allows me to edit the whole PATH
interactively in an editor-like window.
Also note that the rebooting is optional, you can still safely decline
it so I see no reason why that should deter anyone.
Cheers,
Simon
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