RE: Space in PATH replaced with :?!

RE: Space in PATH replaced with :?!

[Glen Coakley]

This may result from an interaction with the shell IFS separator. Before
running tr, try "setenv IFS '#'" and see what happens. 

Don't forget to reset it to a space when you are done. :-)

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Johan Niklasson [ mailto:Johan.Niklasson@uab.ericsson.se ]
> Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2001 1:30 AM
> To: friedman_hill ernest j
> Cc: cygwin@cygwin.com
> Subject: Re: Space in PATH replaced with :?!
> 
> 
> Hi!
> 
> Thanx for the tip. For a while I had hope. Unfortunately when 
> I use the
> command in a .csh-file
> cygpath, like tr and sed, also replaces space with a :.
> I write like this:
> set path = `cygpath -p -u "${PATH}"`
> and out comes the distorted PATH as described before. I really think
> this is a problem with my settings.
> However if noone knows the solution at least cygpath helps me find the
> correct short names for my path
> 
> Best regards
> Johan
> 
> friedman_hill ernest j wrote:
> > 
> > Use the "cygpath" path translation utility that comes with
> > cygwin. It's quite smart and can properly translate paths in both
> > directions, including nasty stuff like drive letters, UNC 
> names, etc.
> > 
> > I think Johan Niklasson wrote:
> > > Hi!
> > >
> > > On NT4 sp 4, cygwin 1.1.8
> > > I have a problem with my path getting distorted by tr and sed.
> > > I do not want to change my path to the old DOS-form~2
> > >
> > > I wonder if there is some setting I have wrong, or do I 
> simply have to
> > > live with this problem, as suggested by the FAQ?
> > >
> > > My path shall look like this:
> > >
> > > 
> /bin:cygwin/usr/include:.:/usr/bin:/usr/lib:/Winnt/System32/:/Program
> > > Files/ESOE/Microsoft Visual Studio/Common/MSDev98/Bin:/Program
> > > Files/ESOE/Microsoft Visual Studio/VC60/bin.....
> > >
> > > But after issuing this command in a tcsh
> > > set path = `echo $PATH | tr : '\n' | grep -v "LM_"`
> > >
> > > it looks like:
> > >
> > > 
> /bin:cygwin/usr/include:.:/usr/bin:/usr/lib:/Winnt/System32/:/
> Program:Files/ESOE/Microsoft:Visual:Studio/Common/MSDev98/Bin:
> /Program:Files/ESOE/Microsoft:Visual:Studio/VC60/bin.....
> > >
> > > which gives me problems to use VS compiler.
> > >
> > > Some of the setting I have is:
> > > CYGWIN=tty ntea ntsec
> > > TERM=ansi
> > > TERMCAP=C:\etc\termcap
> > >
> > > If anyone has a solution this problem I'd be most grateful.
> > >
> > > Best regards
> > > Johan Niklasson
> > > --
> > >
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> > >
> >
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Re: Space in PATH replaced with :?!

[Johan Niklasson]

Hi!

Thanx for the tip. For a while I had hope. Unfortunately when I use the
command in a .csh-file
cygpath, like tr and sed, also replaces space with a :.
I write like this:
set path = `cygpath -p -u "${PATH}"`
and out comes the distorted PATH as described before. I really think
this is a problem with my settings.
However if noone knows the solution at least cygpath helps me find the
correct short names for my path

Best regards
Johan

friedman_hill ernest j wrote:
> 
> Use the "cygpath" path translation utility that comes with
> cygwin. It's quite smart and can properly translate paths in both
> directions, including nasty stuff like drive letters, UNC names, etc.
> 
> I think Johan Niklasson wrote:
> > Hi!
> >
> > On NT4 sp 4, cygwin 1.1.8
> > I have a problem with my path getting distorted by tr and sed.
> > I do not want to change my path to the old DOS-form~2
> >
> > I wonder if there is some setting I have wrong, or do I simply have to
> > live with this problem, as suggested by the FAQ?
> >
> > My path shall look like this:
> >
> > /bin:cygwin/usr/include:.:/usr/bin:/usr/lib:/Winnt/System32/:/Program
> > Files/ESOE/Microsoft Visual Studio/Common/MSDev98/Bin:/Program
> > Files/ESOE/Microsoft Visual Studio/VC60/bin.....
> >
> > But after issuing this command in a tcsh
> > set path = `echo $PATH | tr : '\n' | grep -v "LM_"`
> >
> > it looks like:
> >
> > /bin:cygwin/usr/include:.:/usr/bin:/usr/lib:/Winnt/System32/:/Program:Files/ESOE/Microsoft:Visual:Studio/Common/MSDev98/Bin:/Program:Files/ESOE/Microsoft:Visual:Studio/VC60/bin.....
> >
> > which gives me problems to use VS compiler.
> >
> > Some of the setting I have is:
> > CYGWIN=tty ntea ntsec
> > TERM=ansi
> > TERMCAP=C:\etc\termcap
> >
> > If anyone has a solution this problem I'd be most grateful.
> >
> > Best regards
> > Johan Niklasson
> > --
> >
> > --
> > Want to unsubscribe from this list?
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> >
>

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Re: Space in PATH replaced with :?!

[friedman_hill ernest j]

Use the "cygpath" path translation utility that comes with
cygwin. It's quite smart and can properly translate paths in both
directions, including nasty stuff like drive letters, UNC names, etc. 

I think Johan Niklasson wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> On NT4 sp 4, cygwin 1.1.8
> I have a problem with my path getting distorted by tr and sed.
> I do not want to change my path to the old DOS-form~2
> 
> I wonder if there is some setting I have wrong, or do I simply have to
> live with this problem, as suggested by the FAQ?
> 
> My path shall look like this:
> 
> /bin:cygwin/usr/include:.:/usr/bin:/usr/lib:/Winnt/System32/:/Program
> Files/ESOE/Microsoft Visual Studio/Common/MSDev98/Bin:/Program
> Files/ESOE/Microsoft Visual Studio/VC60/bin.....
> 
> But after issuing this command in a tcsh 
> set path = `echo $PATH | tr : '\n' | grep -v "LM_"`
> 
> it looks like:
> 
> /bin:cygwin/usr/include:.:/usr/bin:/usr/lib:/Winnt/System32/:/Program:Files/ESOE/Microsoft:Visual:Studio/Common/MSDev98/Bin:/Program:Files/ESOE/Microsoft:Visual:Studio/VC60/bin.....
> 
> which gives me problems to use VS compiler.
>  
> Some of the setting I have is:
> CYGWIN=tty ntea ntsec
> TERM=ansi
> TERMCAP=C:\etc\termcap
> 
> If anyone has a solution this problem I'd be most grateful.
> 
> Best regards
> Johan Niklasson
> --
> 
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Re: Space in PATH replaced with :?!

[malcolm.boekhoff]

I don't know whether this is any good, but I take MS VC out of the path in my scripts like this:

PATH=`echo $PATH | tr : \\\\n | tr [A-Z] [a-z] | sed "/program files/d" | tr \\\\n :`; export PATH

This removes all the paths with "program files" in them from my PATH.

On 2001-03-28 17:42:32, Johan Niklasson wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> On NT4 sp 4, cygwin 1.1.8
> I have a problem with my path getting distorted by tr and sed.
> I do not want to change my path to the old DOS-form~2
> 
> I wonder if there is some setting I have wrong, or do I simply have to
> live with this problem, as suggested by the FAQ?
> 
> My path shall look like this:
> 
> /bin:cygwin/usr/include:.:/usr/bin:/usr/lib:/Winnt/System32/:/Program
> Files/ESOE/Microsoft Visual Studio/Common/MSDev98/Bin:/Program
> Files/ESOE/Microsoft Visual Studio/VC60/bin.....
> 
> But after issuing this command in a tcsh 
> set path = `echo $PATH | tr : '\n' | grep -v "LM_"`
> 
> it looks like:
> 
> /bin:cygwin/usr/include:.:/usr/bin:/usr/lib:/Winnt/System32/:/Program:Files/ESOE/Microsoft:Visual:Studio/Common/MSDev98/Bin:/Program:Files/ESOE/Microsoft:Visual:Studio/VC60/bin.....
> 
> which gives me problems to use VS compiler.
>  
> Some of the setting I have is:
> CYGWIN=tty ntea ntsec
> TERM=ansi
> TERMCAP=C:\etc\termcap
> 
> If anyone has a solution this problem I'd be most grateful.
> 
> Best regards
> Johan Niklasson
> --
> 
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Space in PATH replaced with :?!

[Johan Niklasson]

Hi!

On NT4 sp 4, cygwin 1.1.8
I have a problem with my path getting distorted by tr and sed.
I do not want to change my path to the old DOS-form~2

I wonder if there is some setting I have wrong, or do I simply have to
live with this problem, as suggested by the FAQ?

My path shall look like this:

/bin:cygwin/usr/include:.:/usr/bin:/usr/lib:/Winnt/System32/:/Program
Files/ESOE/Microsoft Visual Studio/Common/MSDev98/Bin:/Program
Files/ESOE/Microsoft Visual Studio/VC60/bin.....

But after issuing this command in a tcsh 
set path = `echo $PATH | tr : '\n' | grep -v "LM_"`

it looks like:

/bin:cygwin/usr/include:.:/usr/bin:/usr/lib:/Winnt/System32/:/Program:Files/ESOE/Microsoft:Visual:Studio/Common/MSDev98/Bin:/Program:Files/ESOE/Microsoft:Visual:Studio/VC60/bin.....

which gives me problems to use VS compiler.
 
Some of the setting I have is:
CYGWIN=tty ntea ntsec
TERM=ansi
TERMCAP=C:\etc\termcap

If anyone has a solution this problem I'd be most grateful.

Best regards
Johan Niklasson
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