Environment variable problem

[Huang Bambo]

There is no pathname like d: in cygwin, use /cygdriver/d/ instead.

2010/5/23 Willie Vu <willievu@dev.java.net>:
>
> I set an environment variable in /etc/profile.d/env.sh that is loaded when
> Cygwin starts, like the following:
>
> export M2_HOME=d\:/java/apache-maven-2.2.1
>
> When it is echoed, it shows the value correctly.
>
> $ echo $M2_HOME
> d:/java/apache-maven-2.2.1
>
> However, if I suffix it with "/bin", it becomes the following:
>
> $ echo $M2_HOME/bin
> /binava/apache-maven-2.2.1
>
> If I run the export statement inline, then there is no problem.
>
> $ export M2_HOME=d\:/java/apache-maven-2.2.1
>
> $ echo $M2_HOME
> d:/java/apache-maven-2.2.1
>
> $ echo $M2_HOME/bin
> d:/java/apache-maven-2.2.1/bin
>
> Any idea?
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