Re: how to get the windows PATH env in cygwin
mak...@apem3 ~ $ echo $PATH /cygdrive/e/minitage2/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/cygdrive/e/Subversion/bin:/cygdrive/e/OpenLDAP/CD SSilver/:/cygdrive/c/WINDOWS/system32:/cygdrive/c/WINDOWS:/cygdrive/c/WINDOWS/System32/Wbem:/cygdrive/c/WINDOWS/system32 /WindowsPowerShell/v1.0:/cygdrive/e/Program Files/TortoiseSVN/bin Do you see any duplicates ... Lee Maschmeyer a écrit : ran cmd.exe from start menu And that gets the info into Cygwin - how? -- Cordialement, KiOrKY GPG Key FingerPrint: 0x1A1194B7681112AF signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: how to get the windows PATH env in cygwin
On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 07:40:51PM -0600, Jeremy Bopp wrote: [...] If you want to see the Windows PATH setting unmolested by Cygwin, you will either need to strip out the additions set by /etc/profile or avoid running under an environment modified by /etc/profile. It doesn't add, actually - it replaces it. A few weeks ago I got fed up with Cygwin not being able to find my Windows executables and wrote a script to add all directories with *.exe files to the $PATH. (It runs overnight with cron.) This leads to a strange effect: the resulting $PATH is so long (over 2800 chars) that, although it successfully locates many Windows executables, attempts to run them fail with an error message: % dot -h /cygdrive/c/Program Files/Graphviz/bin/dot: Message too long. Workaround: % env - `which dot` -h Other than that it works well. (This is Cygwin 1.5.) -- Reinier Post TU Eindhoven -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Re: how to get the windows PATH env in cygwin
2009/12/1 Reinier Post: If you want to see the Windows PATH setting unmolested by Cygwin, you will either need to strip out the additions set by /etc/profile or avoid running under an environment modified by /etc/profile. It doesn't add, actually - it replaces it. You're wrong. The Cygwin DLL at startup translates the Windows PATH variable. And this line in /etc/profile adds to it: PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:$PATH A few weeks ago I got fed up with Cygwin not being able to find my Windows executables It's not Cygwin's fault that Windows executables are sprinkled all over the filesystem. Cmd.exe also only finds stuff that's in the PATH. and wrote a script to add all directories with *.exe files to the $PATH. I bet that does wonders for performance. Andy -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Re: how to get the windows PATH env in cygwin
On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 10:03 AM, Andy Koppe wrote: 2009/12/1 Reinier Post: If you want to see the Windows PATH setting unmolested by Cygwin, you will either need to strip out the additions set by /etc/profile or avoid running under an environment modified by /etc/profile. It doesn't add, actually - it replaces it. You're wrong. The Cygwin DLL at startup translates the Windows PATH variable. And this line in /etc/profile adds to it: PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:$PATH This is completely and totally true. To verify it, all you have to do is open a bash prompt (Cygwin.bat, mintty, rxvt, whatever) and then launch a cmd.exe or powershell. Check the path in the bash prompt and you will see the cygwin stuff at the beginning of it. Check the path in the cmd.exe or powershell prompt which was run *after* the bash script updated the path and you will see that it does *not* include the cygwin paths. It doesn't override what you have set anywhere but in cygwin's magic space. -Jason -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Re: how to get the windows PATH env in cygwin
DePriest, Jason R. wrote: On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 10:03 AM, Andy Koppe wrote: 2009/12/1 Reinier Post: If you want to see the Windows PATH setting unmolested by Cygwin, you will either need to strip out the additions set by /etc/profile or avoid running under an environment modified by /etc/profile. It doesn't add, actually - it replaces it. You're wrong. The Cygwin DLL at startup translates the Windows PATH variable. And this line in /etc/profile adds to it: PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:$PATH This is completely and totally true. I'm sorry, but it is not true. Maybe there is a misunderstanding though. To verify it, all you have to do is open a bash prompt (Cygwin.bat, mintty, rxvt, whatever) and then launch a cmd.exe or powershell. Check the path in the bash prompt and you will see the cygwin stuff at the beginning of it. Yes, indeed you will see the Cygwin paths prepended to PATH as you say. Andy said this as well and even included the line from /etc/profile which does this work when you run a login shell (i.e. bash --login under rxvt or what-have-you). However, since the remainder of PATH derives from the Windows-native value of PATH (converted automatically by Cygwin to POSIX-style), we're saying that the value of PATH was *modified* rather than *replaced* entirely. To say that PATH was entirely replaced is to imply that the new value of PATH has no basis whatsoever in the original value of PATH. Check the path in the cmd.exe or powershell prompt which was run *after* the bash script updated the path and you will see that it does *not* include the cygwin paths. It doesn't override what you have set anywhere but in cygwin's magic space. No one is arguing that Cygwin ever modifies PATH system-wide or for anything aside from Cygwin programs. In the base case, a Cygwin program will see the value of PATH converted to POSIX-style. If that same Cygwin program is run from a login shell, it will see the PATH as further modified by /etc/profile as Andy indicated. Windows programs will only ever see a Windows-style PATH no matter what; however, they WILL see the Cygwin paths converted to Windows-style and prepended IF they were run from a login shell under Cygwin. -Jeremy -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Re: how to get the windows PATH env in cygwin
To verify it, all you have to do is open a bash prompt (Cygwin.bat, mintty, rxvt, whatever) and then launch a cmd.exe or powershell. Check the path in the bash prompt and you will see the cygwin stuff at the beginning of it. Check the path in the cmd.exe or powershell prompt which was run *after* the bash script updated the path and you will see that it does *not* include the cygwin paths. Well, I just (gasp) tested! And awful lot of bandwidth wasting is being done by people who think they know how it works. But for me, at least, the path from the invocation of cmd was the same as the path in the Cygwin session from which it was invoked. Thus: 0/tty2W0(2)$ echo $PATH /home/lmaschm/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/c/Program Files/Common Files/Microsoft Shared/Windows Live:/c/WINDOWS /system32:/c/WINDOWS:/c/WINDOWS/System32/Wbem:/c/WINDOWS/system32/WindowsPowerShell/v1.0:/c/Program Files/Common Files/Microsoft Sha red/Windows Live:/usr/lib/lapack 0/tty2W0(2)$ cmd Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600] (C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp. C:\cygwin-1.7\home\lmaschmpath path PATH=C:\cygwin-1.7\home\lmaschm\bin;C:\cygwin-1.7\usr\local\bin;C:\cygwin-1.7\bin;C:\cygwin-1.7\bin;C:\cygwin-1.7\usr\X11R6\bin;C:\P rogram Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Windows Live;C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;C:\WINDOWS\system32\ WindowsPowerShell\v1.0;C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Windows Live;C:\cygwin-1.7\lib\lapack C:\cygwin-1.7\home\lmaschmexit exit 0/tty2W0(2)$ -- Lee Maschmeyer Wayne State University Detroit, Michigan, USA -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Re: how to get the windows PATH env in cygwin
On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 2:24 PM, Lee Maschmeyer wrote: To verify it, all you have to do is open a bash prompt (Cygw 0/tty2W0(2)$ echo $PATH /home/lmaschm/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/c/Program Files/Common Files/Microsoft Shared/Windows Live:/c/WINDOWS /system32:/c/WINDOWS:/c/WINDOWS/System32/Wbem:/c/WINDOWS/system32/WindowsPowerShell/v1.0:/c/Program Files/Common Files/Microsoft Sha red/Windows Live:/usr/lib/lapack 0/tty2W0(2)$ cmd Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600] (C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp. C:\cygwin-1.7\home\lmaschmpath path PATH=C:\cygwin-1.7\home\lmaschm\bin;C:\cygwin-1.7\usr\local\bin;C:\cygwin-1.7\bin;C:\cygwin-1.7\bin;C:\cygwin-1.7\usr\X11R6\bin;C:\P rogram Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Windows Live;C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;C:\WINDOWS\system32\ WindowsPowerShell\v1.0;C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Windows Live;C:\cygwin-1.7\lib\lapack C:\cygwin-1.7\home\lmaschmexit exit 0/tty2W0(2)$ of course if you run cmd from a bash prompt it will have the cygwin pre-pended path because it inherited it from its parent process ran mintty from start menu $ echo $PATH /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/cygdrive/c/Python26/:/cygdrive/c/Program Files (x86)/ActiveState Komodo IDE 5/ ... etc ran cmd.exe from start menu C:\path PATH=C:\Python26\;C:\Program Files (x86)\ActiveState Komodo IDE 5\ ... etc no cygwin path even though the bash prompt with the cygwin pre-pended path is still open and still has the new (or rather, modified) path variable -Jason -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Re: how to get the windows PATH env in cygwin
Lee Maschmeyer wrote: To verify it, all you have to do is open a bash prompt (Cygwin.bat, mintty, rxvt, whatever) and then launch a cmd.exe or powershell. Check the path in the bash prompt and you will see the cygwin stuff at the beginning of it. Check the path in the cmd.exe or powershell prompt which was run *after* the bash script updated the path and you will see that it does *not* include the cygwin paths. Well, I just (gasp) tested! And awful lot of bandwidth wasting is being done by people who think they know how it works. Even more bandwidth being wasted by people who misread the instructions. When it says Open a bash prompt and then launch a cmd.exe it doesn't say you are to launch it /from/ the bash prompt. It means launch it *after* the bash prompt in time. But for me, at least, the path from the invocation of cmd was the same as the path in the Cygwin session from which it was invoked. You weren't supposed to invoke it from the Cygwin session. Of course, you could point out that the original wording was ambiguous. I noticed it was ambiguous too, but rather than vainly assume the OP was stupid and I was clever, I just worked out which one of the two possibilities the OP must have intended based on the assumption that he was *not* stupid and since one of those two possibilities produced exactly the results OP claimed they would it was obvious which one OP was referring to. You would do well to reset your default assumptions about other people. cheers, DaveK -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Re: how to get the windows PATH env in cygwin
ran cmd.exe from start menu And that gets the info into Cygwin - how? -- Lee Maschmeyer Wayne State University Detroit, Michigan, USA -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
[OT] Re: how to get the windows PATH env in cygwin
Lee Maschmeyer wrote: ran cmd.exe from start menu And that gets the info into Cygwin - how? Yet another false inference. You were being shown an illustrative comparison that was supposed to demonstrate a point about the underlying mechanisms in play, not an answer to the original question from the original post - if you didn't notice that the thread has gone a looong way off the original point since then, you *really* aren't paying enough attention. You weren't being told a method for how to get the info into Cygwin and nowhere in Jason's post does it say that you were. The instructions that we are discussing begin with the words To verify it ..., not To get the info into cygwin; perhaps you could stop now, and reread what it /actually/ says instead of relying further on your clearly inaccurate memory. cheers, DaveK -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Re: how to get the windows PATH env in cygwin
On Tue, Dec 01, 2009 at 12:42:01PM -0600, DePriest, Jason R. wrote: On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 10:03 AM, Andy Koppe wrote: 2009/12/1 Reinier Post: If you want to see the Windows PATH setting unmolested by Cygwin, you will either need to strip out the additions set by /etc/profile or avoid running under an environment modified by /etc/profile. It doesn't add, actually - it replaces it. You're wrong. The Cygwin DLL at startup translates the Windows PATH variable. And this line in /etc/profile adds to it: PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:$PATH True. I grepped for that line, read it, and didn't see the $PATH. This is completely and totally true. To verify it, all you have to do is open a bash prompt (Cygwin.bat, mintty, rxvt, whatever) and then launch a cmd.exe or powershell. Not quite. I did this, but missed the .bash_profile I forgot I created three years ago. Sorry. -- Reinier -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Re: how to get the windows PATH env in cygwin
Windows programs will only ever see a Windows-style PATH no matter what; however, they WILL see the Cygwin paths converted to Windows-style and prepended IF they were run from a login shell under Cygwin. Yes, that's how I'm getting these Message too long messages. -- Reinier -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Re: how to get the windows PATH env in cygwin
On Wed, Dec 02, 2009 at 12:28:31AM +0100, Reinier Post wrote: Windows programs will only ever see a Windows-style PATH no matter what; however, they WILL see the Cygwin paths converted to Windows-style and prepended IF they were run from a login shell under Cygwin. Yes, that's how I'm getting these Message too long messages. Can we *please* stop this discussion now? There isn't anything new to add so we're just wasing bandwidth. cgf -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
how to get the windows PATH env in cygwin
how to get the windows PATH env in cygwin. thanks. -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Re: how to get the windows PATH env in cygwin
On 11/30/2009 07:44 AM, nwpu053...@gmail.com wrote: how to get the windows PATH env in cygwin. thanks. $PATH returns the value of PATH. For example, to display the path, use echo $PATH. This is not Cygwin-specific though so further discussion is likely to be off-topic for this list. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _ A: Yes. Q: Are you sure? A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Re: how to get the windows PATH env in cygwin
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Path_%28variable%29 On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 6:43 AM, Larry Hall (Cygwin) reply-to-list-only...@cygwin.com wrote: On 11/30/2009 07:44 AM, nwpu053...@gmail.com wrote: how to get the windows PATH env in cygwin. thanks. $PATH returns the value of PATH. For example, to display the path, use echo $PATH. This is not Cygwin-specific though so further discussion is likely to be off-topic for this list. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _ A: Yes. Q: Are you sure? A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Re: how to get the windows PATH env in cygwin
What i mean is that, how to only get the env path of windows, such as, `C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem. `echo $PATH' would display the path of cygwin: echo $PATH /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin $PATH returns the value of PATH. For example, to display the path, use echo $PATH. This is not Cygwin-specific though so further discussion is likely to be off-topic for this list. -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Re: how to get the windows PATH env in cygwin
2009/12/1 �屺��o名氏 tianlij...@gmail.com: What i mean is that, how to only get the env path of windows, such as, `C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem. `echo $PATH' would display the path of cygwin: echo $PATH /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin Do you mean SYSTEMROOT or WINDIR environment variable? -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Re: how to get the windows PATH env in cygwin
2009/11/30 ︶ㄣ無名氏: What i mean is that, how to only get the env path of windows, such as, `C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem. As I understand it, by the time you're in a Cygwin bash shell, the environment variable has been changed by the Cygwin DLL, and the original Windows value is gone. But I believe launching a Windows process will restore it, so you can try this: cmd /c echo %PATH%. Not at my Cygwin box to test, though. -- Mark J. Reed markjr...@gmail.com -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Re: how to get the windows PATH env in cygwin
On 2009-12-01, ??? wrote: $PATH returns the value of PATH. For example, to display the path, use echo $PATH. This is not Cygwin-specific though so further discussion is likely to be off-topic for this list. What i mean is that, how to only get the env path of windows, such as, `C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem. `echo $PATH' would display the path of cygwin: echo $PATH /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin cygpath -w -p $PATH Regards, Gary -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Re: how to get the windows PATH env in cygwin
Gary Johnson wrote: On 2009-12-01, ??? wrote: $PATH returns the value of PATH. For example, to display the path, use echo $PATH. This is not Cygwin-specific though so further discussion is likely to be off-topic for this list. What i mean is that, how to only get the env path of windows, such as, `C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem. `echo $PATH' would display the path of cygwin: echo $PATH /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin cygpath -w -p $PATH Just to clarify since there seems to be a little confusion concerning what the OP needs. Gary's suggestion will convert the value of the PATH environment variable as the shell used to run cygpath sees it to a value which is acceptable by Windows-native applications. That means that you'll likely have the additional elements as prepended by /etc/profile in the result. If you want to see the Windows PATH setting unmolested by Cygwin, you will either need to strip out the additions set by /etc/profile or avoid running under an environment modified by /etc/profile. -Jeremy -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Re: how to get the windows PATH env in cygwin
On 11/30/2009 06:40 PM, Jeremy Bopp wrote: Just to clarify since there seems to be a little confusion concerning what the OP needs. Gary's suggestion will convert the value of the PATH environment variable as the shell used to run cygpath sees it to a value which is acceptable by Windows-native applications. That means that you'll likely have the additional elements as prepended by /etc/profile in the result. If you want to see the Windows PATH setting unmolested by Cygwin, you will either need to strip out the additions set by /etc/profile or avoid running under an environment modified by /etc/profile. Jeeze, not need to go through all that. Simply start the Windows command prompt and type in echo %PATH%. -- Andrew DeFaria http://defaria.com Some people are like Slinkies . . not really good for anything, but you still can't help but smile when you see one tumble down the stairs. -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Re: how to get the windows PATH env in cygwin
Andrew DeFaria wrote: Simply start the Windows command prompt and type in echo %PATH%. You must need to re-read the subject line, since your suggested method does not actually answer the question asked. cheers, DaveK -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Re: how to get the windows PATH env in cygwin
On 11/30/2009 08:05 PM, Dave Korn wrote: Andrew DeFaria wrote: Simply start the Windows command prompt and type in echo %PATH%. You must need to re-read the subject line, since your suggested method does not actually answer the question asked. Indeed! You're right. So then the answer is that you can use that to see what the Windows PATH is before Cygwin gets to it and you can see the resulting PATH variable after Cygwin has modified it (or you can go through steps to try to stop Cygwin from modifying it) but there is no environment variable for the Windows PATH. You could change /etc/profile(?) to export WINDOWS_PATH=$PATH before it starts changing it - or maybe you can interrogate the registry. The real question here is what does he need the Windows PATH for? If just to look at then echo %PATH% in a cmd shell or look at System: Properties: Advanced: Environment variables: PATH (Both user and system). -- Andrew DeFaria http://defaria.com Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing? then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil? Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God? -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Re: how to get the windows PATH env in cygwin
Andrew DeFaria wrote: The real question here is what does he need the Windows PATH for? Agreed, it depends what purposes OP wants it for and whether it absolutely positively has to be the exact windows path(*) or not. For complete accuracy from within a cygwin environment you'd probably have to could go the whole hog and use regtool to read both the user and system environment variables from wherever-it-is-they-live in the registry(**) and then REG_EXPAND_SZ expand and combine them yourself. (Could equally use perl, python, or other similar scripting language that's registry-aware on windows.) cheers, DaveK -- (*) - and even what your definition of the exact windows path is. (**) - HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Environment andHKCU\Environment -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
