question regarding, PATH

[Nemes <hyperion dot nemes at gmail dot com>]

Hello all once again.

As people may OR may not know, I am new to the lsit & cygwin.

I have managed to install and get a running cygwin install going on my
WinXP Pro sp2 install.

And at present am just reading and learning baout how to setup cygwin
properly for myself and then start to learn howto use the shell
effectively..

As the subject stated, I have a question regarding the  $PATH variable.

I installed cygwin on my D:\  SATA drive, so cygwin is at, D:\cygwin.

However, if I do a, "echo $PATH" cmd at the shell, I get the following output...


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wilky@god /
$ echo $PATH
/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/cygdrive/c/Perl/bin/:/cygdrive/c/WI
NDOWS/system32:/cygdrive/c/WINDOWS:/cygdrive/c/WINDOWS/System32/Wbem:/cygdrive/c
/Program Files/Common Files/Autodesk Shared/:/cygdrive/c/Program Files/backburne
r 2/
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My questiopn is, if as I explained, I installed my cygwin at,
"D:\cygwin" how come, "$PATH" is showing stuff on, "C:\" as above -
and now, "D:\"

I have two drives on my machine, the , "C:\" were my WinXP Pro sp 2 is
installed mand the, "D:\" SATA drive which is there for pure storage,
and obviously were I put cygwin..

So how come, "$PATH" is showing stuff under its self on, "D:\"  ???

Some possible relevant info..

I have installed both Perl and Python on my Win XP on the, "C:\"
drive, but have also installed them both in cygwin as well, on the,
"D:\" drive..

Is this causing any conflicts??
Or is it not a problem at all, and what, "$PATH" is showing there is normal??

Thanks in advance to those who have the patience to reply...
Nemes

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