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Re: [PATCH] Bugs in cron-config: filename case and PATH
- From: Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 16:52:44 +0200
- Subject: Re: [PATCH] Bugs in cron-config: filename case and PATH
- References: <Pine.GSO.4.63.0510100943300.9685@slinky.cs.nyu.edu>
- Reply-to: cygwin at cygwin dot com
On Oct 10 10:29, Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
> /usr/bin/cron-config doesn't work when "case_check:strict" is in effect,
http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-cygwinenv.html, especially the
first few words about the check_case option. I have no inclination at
all to support this option any further.
> as well as not setting the PATH to include /usr/bin. So, the cron service
> can't find cygwin1.dll, unless $PATH in the global system environment
> contains 'c:\cygwin\bin'.
Since cygrunsrv saw the light of the world for the first time, it adds
/bin to $PATH before calling the inferior application. So I don't see
how adding /usr/bin to $PATH should help finding the DLL.
Corinna
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