At 05:04 AM 9/21/2005, you wrote: >Thank you Dave > >On 9/20/05, Dave Korn <dave <dot> korn <at> artimi <dot> com> wrote: > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
<http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#PCYMTNQREAIYR> This is important if you want people to reply to you. >> > I deleted some values in Windows Local Environment variable "PATH". >> > My original "HOME" is c:/home/myname/. And then: > >What I deleted is "borland c" bin directory to avoid cygwin confusing >two "make" tools. and maybe some other PATH variables which I believe >set by some outdated software. It left as > >"%SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;%SystemRoot%\System32\Wbem;c:\matlab6p5\bin\win32;C:\PROGRA~1\ULTRAE~1;%HTC_PIC%\BIN;;C:\Program >Files\Common Files\GTK\2.0\bin\" > >There is nothing special, the same PC with same path variables run >cygwin no problem. I just get confused why this behavior happens, and >with invoke --login parameter. > >> >> If that doesn't fix it, -> http://cygwin.com/problems.html, particularly >> the bit about sending your cygcheck output (as an *attachment*, please!). > >output is in attachment as "cygcheck.out". I am running cygwin in >University domain controled windows 2k pro. So lot of parameters are >pre set by IT. > >Many thanks for your help. It appears that one of the directories that you removed was 'c:\cygwin\bin'. If you want to run bash from the DOS prompt, add this directory back to your path. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/