Paul & others,
Many thanks for this help. I've got it going and all is well.
Ian Hunter
> -----Original Message-----
> At 04:22 PM 1/20/00 +0000, Ian Hunter wrote:
> >Question.
> >
> >I compute my CLASSPATH by a script in .bashrc (I'm using
> cygwin), but when I
> >compile, the CLASSPATH being used is the NT system CLASSPATH.
> >
>
> I believe the Emacs compile command starts a Java compilation with the
> equivalent of
>
> bash -c javac MyClass.java
>
> In this case, the shell is started in batch (non-interactive) mode. In
> batch mode,
> bash does not run your .bashrc script. Therefore, javac
> inherits the value
> of the
> CLASSPATH variable from Emacs which inherits it from Windows
> and hence the
> value
> of the CLASSPATH is the NT value not your .bashrc value.
>
> Perhaps a bash expert can confirm the above.
>
>
> >Is there a way of controlling the compile shell to run
> .bashrc or to use
> >bash env. vars.
> >
>
> According to the bash doc, batch mode will,
> on startup, execute the script whose path is specified by the
> environment
> variable ENV.
>
> Therefore, you could define ENV in your NT environment and
> point it to your
> .bashrc script in your home directory.
>
> >This is also a problem for me because when I run make, it
> runs make in the
> >same directory as the source file, whereas my Makefile is in
> a project root
> >directory.
> >
>
> Reading the make doc reveals that there are -f and -C
> variables for defining
> the location of the makefile and the startup directory,
> respectively. You can
> use these with JDE's build command to run a makefile located
> anywhere on
> your local drive or network.
>
> - Paul
>
>
