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Re: setup PATH variable by PATH=%PATH:/usr/X11R6/bin
- From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha at cs dot nyu dot edu>
- To: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
- Date: Mon, 5 Sep 2005 12:40:15 -0400 (EDT)
- Subject: Re: setup PATH variable by PATH=%PATH:/usr/X11R6/bin
- References: <0IM50040ACYCYW@pmismtp02.mcilink.com>
- Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
- Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
Ugh, top-posting. Reformatted...
On Thu, 1 Sep 2005, Mark Paulus wrote:
> On Thu, 01 Sep 2005 12:33:23 -0400 (EDT), PoWah Wong wrote:
>
> >I want to setup my PATH variable by following the
> >instructions of "Chapter 4. Using Cygwin/X, section
> >startx" at http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ug/using.html.
> >
> >After doing
> >PATH=%PATH:/usr/X11R6/bin
> >my original path is lost.
> >
> >I use windows XP SP2.
> >[snip]
>
> The statement should read:
> PATH=%PATH%:/usr/X11R6/bin
>
> Note the trailing % on PATH. That is a "Windowism".
No, actually, since the example is in a shell, the statement should read
PATH="$PATH:/usr/X11R6/bin"
(note the quotes and the '$').
I'd update the HTML in CVS, but it looks like a generated file, and I
couldn't find the source.
Igor
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