Re: setup PATH variable by PATH=%PATH:/usr/X11R6/bin
Ugh, top-posting. Reformatted... On Thu, 1 Sep 2005, Mark Paulus wrote: On Thu, 01 Sep 2005 12:33:23 -0400 (EDT), PoWah Wong wrote: I want to setup my PATH variable by following the instructions of Chapter 4. Using Cygwin/X, section startx at http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ug/using.html. After doing PATH=%PATH:/usr/X11R6/bin my original path is lost. I use windows XP SP2. [snip] The statement should read: PATH=%PATH%:/usr/X11R6/bin Note the trailing % on PATH. That is a Windowism. No, actually, since the example is in a shell, the statement should read PATH=$PATH:/usr/X11R6/bin (note the quotes and the '$'). I'd update the HTML in CVS, but it looks like a generated file, and I couldn't find the source. Igor -- http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ |\ _,,,---,,_[EMAIL PROTECTED] ZZZzz /,`.-'`'-. ;-;;,_[EMAIL PROTECTED] |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Igor Pechtchanski, Ph.D. '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! If there's any real truth it's that the entire multidimensional infinity of the Universe is almost certainly being run by a bunch of maniacs. /DA -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/
Re: setup PATH variable by PATH=%PATH:/usr/X11R6/bin
The statement should read: PATH=%PATH%:/usr/X11R6/bin Note the trailing % on PATH. That is a Windowism. On Thu, 01 Sep 2005 12:33:23 -0400 (EDT), PoWah Wong wrote: I want to setup my PATH variable by following the instructions of Chapter 4. Using Cygwin/X, section startx at http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ug/using.html. After doing PATH=%PATH:/usr/X11R6/bin my original path is lost. I use windows XP SP2. Log is: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ echo $PATH /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/cygdrive/c/WINDOWS/system32:/cygdri ve/c/WINDOWS:/cygdrive/c/WINDOWS/System32/Wbem:/cygdrive/c/j2sdk1.4.2_07/bin:/cy gdrive/c/apache-ant-1.6.2/bin:/cygdrive/c/Program Files/cvsnt:/cygdrive/c/Progra m Files/Microsoft Visual Studio/Common/Tools/WinNT:/cygdrive/c/Program Files/Mic rosoft Visual Studio/Common/MSDev98/Bin:/cygdrive/c/Program Files/Microsoft Visu al Studio/Common/Tools:/cygdrive/c/Program Files/Microsoft Visual Studio/VC98/bi n [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ PATH=%PATH:/usr/X11R6/bin [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ echo $PATH %PATH:/usr/X11R6/bin [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ __ Find your next car at http://autos.yahoo.ca -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/ -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/
RE: setup PATH variable by PATH=%PATH:/usr/X11R6/bin
Mark Paulus wrote: The statement should read: PATH=%PATH%:/usr/X11R6/bin Note the trailing % on PATH. That is a Windowism. On Thu, 01 Sep 2005 12:33:23 -0400 (EDT), PoWah Wong wrote: I want to setup my PATH variable by following the instructions of Chapter 4. Using Cygwin/X, section startx at http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ug/using.html. After doing PATH=%PATH:/usr/X11R6/bin my original path is lost. Actually, i think that if you're in a cygwin bash terminal you have to use $PATH rather than %PATH%. reid -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/
RE: setup PATH variable by PATH=%PATH:/usr/X11R6/bin
Mark Paulus wrote: The statement should read: PATH=%PATH%:/usr/X11R6/bin Note the trailing % on PATH. That is a Windowism. yep -- that's a typo -- $ PATH=%PATH:/usr/X11R6/bin should be $ PATH=$PATH:/usr/X11R6/bin reid -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/
