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Re: setup PATH variable by PATH=%PATH:/usr/X11R6/bin
- From: Mark Paulus <mark dot paulus at mci dot com>
- To: "cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com" <cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Thu, 01 Sep 2005 10:39:48 -0600
- Subject: Re: setup PATH variable by PATH=%PATH:/usr/X11R6/bin
- Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
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:
>PoWah@powahco-pr ~
>$ echo $PATH
>/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/cygdrive/c/WINDOWS/system32:/cygdri
>ve/c/WINDOWS:/cygdrive/c/WINDOWS/System32/Wbem:/cygdrive/c/j2sdk1.4.2_07/bin:/cy
>gdrive/c/apache-ant-1.6.2/bin:/cygdrive/c/Program
>Files/cvsnt:/cygdrive/c/Progra
>m Files/Microsoft Visual
>Studio/Common/Tools/WinNT:/cygdrive/c/Program
>Files/Mic
>rosoft Visual
>Studio/Common/MSDev98/Bin:/cygdrive/c/Program
>Files/Microsoft Visu
>al Studio/Common/Tools:/cygdrive/c/Program
>Files/Microsoft Visual Studio/VC98/bi
>n
>PoWah@powahco-pr ~
>$ PATH=%PATH:/usr/X11R6/bin
>PoWah@powahco-pr ~
>$ echo $PATH
>%PATH:/usr/X11R6/bin
>PoWah@powahco-pr ~
>$
>
>
>
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