Re: HELP: java path and classpath question

2002-02-17 Thread Randall R Schulz
Paul, Whenever I see a hard-coded list of arbitrary values like that, I usually conclude there is a need for an externally controlled way to specify that list of values. If I were going to go in and muck around with this code, I'd add a variable such as CYGPATHVARS or some such (naming rights

Re: HELP: java path and classpath question

2002-02-17 Thread rich-paul
My suggestion is a simple patch and recompile to cygwin. There is a file called environ.cc. It contains the code that automaticly converts variables like PATH and HOME to cygwinformat when it enters cygwin, and back when it leaves. All you have to do is add the code preceded by the plus signs c