On 1/12/26 23:21, Brian Inglis via Cygwin wrote:
Hi Brian,
> Would be helpful in each case to see:
>
> $ cygpath -m /
> $ pwd
> $ cat -A <<< "$PATH"
>
1. Using Cygwin in e:/Cygwin2: <= TWO
@@ cygpath -m /
E:/Cygwin2
@@ pwd
/home/Henri
@@ cat -A <<< "$PATH"
/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/drv/c/WINDOWS/System32:/drv/c/WINDOWS:/drv/c/WINDOWS/System32/Wbem:/home/Henri/bin$
2. Using Cygwin in e:/Cygwin:
@@ cygpath -m /
E:/Cygwin
@@ pwd
/home/Henri
@@ cat -A <<< "$PATH"
/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/drv/c/WINDOWS/System32:/drv/c/WINDOWS:/drv/c/WINDOWS/System32/Wbem:/home/Henri/bin$
---
Are you going to ask me for "cygcheck -sr" when we meet again here :-)
Btw, the next thing I did, was mounting e:/cygwin2 on /usr/xlocal
and creating /usr/xlocal/{bin,etc,lib} (while using e:/Cygwin) :
@@ PATH=/usr/xlocal/bin:$PATH which --version
@@ echo $?
127
@@ PATH=/usr/xlocal/bin:$PATH strace which --version | grep Carlo
GNU which v2.23, Copyright (C) 1999 - 2025 Carlo Wood.
Sort of "A mingw executable (strace) helping a Cygwin executable
(which) finding its libraries :-)
Regards Henri
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