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Re: Newbie questions
- To: Clark Sims <clarksimsgnu@my-Deja.com>
- Subject: Re: Newbie questions
- From: Keith Starsmeare <kxs@bigfoot.com>
- Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1999 16:10:32 +0100
- CC: cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com
- References: <HOHHDPOEPHCCCAAA@my-deja.com>
Clark Sims wrote:
> echo $PATH produces:
>
> /cygnus/CYGWIN~1/H-I586~1/bin:/cygnus/CYGWIN~1/H-I586~1/bin:d:/fsf/emacs-19.34/bin:d:/fsf/bin:/WINNT/system32:/WINNT:d:/CCLIB/libnt:d:/WATCOM/BINNT:d:/WATCOM/BINW:d:/util:.:d:/PROGRA~1/ULTRAEDT
>
> d:/fsf/emacs-19.34/bin contains emacs.exe
> but I can't run emacs unless I specify the full path
Use //d/ instead of d:/ in your PATH. Your PATH looks very confusing
otherwise as : is used as the field separator.
Of course, //d/ support is going to be phased out in favour of using
mount points. So use:
mkdir /d
mount d: /d
Then your PATH would just need to include /d/fsf/emacs-19.34/bin
Keith
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