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RE: setup PATH variable by PATH=%PATH:/usr/X11R6/bin
- From: "Reid Thompson" <Reid dot Thompson at ateb dot com>
- To: <cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2005 13:13:54 -0400
- Subject: RE: setup PATH variable by PATH=%PATH:/usr/X11R6/bin
- Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
Mark Paulus wrote:
> The statement should read:
> PATH=%PATH%:/usr/X11R6/bin
>
> Note the trailing % on PATH. That is a "Windowism".
>
> 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.
>
Actually, i think that if you're in a cygwin bash terminal you have to
use $PATH rather than %PATH%.
reid
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