RE: can not find valid cygwin path

["Dave Korn" <dave dot korn at artimi dot com>]

lin q wrote:
>> From: "Dave Korn" <dave.korn@artimiAAAARRRRGGGHHHHHH!>

  Oh no.  More spam.  :-(

  Please read http://cygwin.com/acronyms#PCYMTNQREAIYR!

> I do not quite get what you are saying and your example, I am using BASH
> which the default cygwin shell.

  Hmm, maybe I don't quite get what you are saying then!

> In your example you can see that "/cygdrive/c/prog/bin/nt" is the first
> element in $PATH, that is what we want; "$PROG_ENV/bin/nt/prog.exe" is
> expanded to "/cygdrive/c/prog/bin/nt/prog.exe" correctly.

  Yes, that is what I think is supposed to happen.

> These are all as expected, the problem is why the correct path can not be
> taken.
> 
> Do I miss anything? 

  Yes:  Why is _your_ example different from mine?  Look:
 
>>> export PROG_ENV=/cygdrive/c/prog
>>> export PATH=$PROG_ENV/bin/nt:$PATH
>>> 
>>> echo $PATH
>>> $PROG_ENV/bin/nt/prog.exe


  Here, PROG_ENV is *not* expanded.  So something has gone wrong, hasn't it?  


    cheers,
      DaveK
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