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Re: Status on issue with PATH ignoring scripts with same name as exes in 1.3.1?
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- Subject: Re: Status on issue with PATH ignoring scripts with same name as exes in 1.3.1?
- From: "Robert Collins" <robert dot collins at itdomain dot com dot au>
- Date: Tue, 8 May 2001 23:29:29 +1000
- References: <2C08D4EECBDED41184BB00D0B747334202FB437B@exchanger.cacheflow.com> <20010508090218.A22608@redhat.com>
----- Original Message -----
From: "Christopher Faylor" <cygwin@cygwin.com>
To: <cygwin@cygwin.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2001 11:02 PM
Subject: Re: Status on issue with PATH ignoring scripts with same name
as exes in 1.3.1?
> On Mon, May 07, 2001 at 05:17:47PM -0700, Karr, David wrote:
> >I haven't reexamined this issue in several days. I have "wrapper"
scripts
> >with the same name as exes later in the path. This worked fine in
1.1.8,
> >but now that I'm trying to use 1.3.1, it doesn't work anymore. When
the
> >shell does a PATH search, it ignores the script and just uses the
exe. I'm
> >just looking for some information on this. I can downgrade my
cygwin1.dll
> >to 1.1.8 for now.
>
> Corinna's recent bash upgrade may fix this.
>
> cgf
>
I probably shouldn't ask.... my english parser is confused: wheres the
direct question above?
Rob