Program files environmental variables
Eliot Moss
moss@cs.umass.edu
Tue Nov 23 15:27:59 GMT 2021
On 11/23/2021 10:15 AM, john doe via Cygwin wrote:
> On 11/23/2021 2:10 PM, Eliot Moss wrote:
>> On 11/23/2021 4:02 AM, john doe via Cygwin wrote:
>> > Cygwins,
>> >
>> > Is there a way to get the value of PROGRAMFILES(x86) and PROGRAMW6432 in
>> > Bash:
>> >
>> > $ echo $PROGRAMFILES; echo "$PROGRAMFILES(x86)"; echo $PROGGRAMW6432
>> > C:\Program Files
>> > C:\Program Files(x86)
>> >
>> > $ cmd.exe /C "echo %PROGRAMFILES% %PROGRAMFILES(x86)% %PROGRAMW6432%"
>> > C:\Program Files C:\Program Files (x86) C:\Program Files
>> >
>> >
>> > PROGRAMFILES works in Bash but not the other two.
>>
>> PROGRAMW6432 exists in my Cygwin bash, and I know I did not set it
>
> What version of Cygwin bash are you using?
4.4.12(3)
Yes, printenv is a much more elegant solution than mine!
Cheers - EM
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