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RE: "The PATH problem"
- To: soren at wonderstorm dot com, cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Subject: RE: "The PATH problem"
- From: "Schaible, Joerg" <Joerg dot Schaible at gft dot com>
- Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2001 10:28:33 +0100
Hi Soren,
>Cygwin doesn't allow modification or unset on the PATH variable after
>login, so it has to be set right from 'Doze before bash gets fired up, no?
Who has told you that? This is simply not true, but it depends on the shell
you're using.
sh (or ash):
PATH=/usr/local/bin:/bin
export PATH
bash or korn shell (ksh):
export PATH=/usr/local/bin:/bin
c shell (csh) and derivates (tcsh):
set path=(/usr/local/bin /bin)
Jorg
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