From: Eliot Moss <moss@cs.umass.edu>
To: john doe <johndoe65534@mail.com>, cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: Program files environmental variables
Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2021 10:27:59 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <d902fe78-1bde-02a8-f94f-87defbc3a0ff@cs.umass.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <f7319af9-302b-fbee-76ee-fc83cc8983b9@mail.com>
On 11/23/2021 10:15 AM, john doe via Cygwin wrote:
> On 11/23/2021 2:10 PM, Eliot Moss wrote:
>> On 11/23/2021 4:02 AM, john doe via Cygwin wrote:
>> > Cygwins,
>> >
>> > Is there a way to get the value of PROGRAMFILES(x86) and PROGRAMW6432 in
>> > Bash:
>> >
>> > $ echo $PROGRAMFILES; echo "$PROGRAMFILES(x86)"; echo $PROGGRAMW6432
>> > C:\Program Files
>> > C:\Program Files(x86)
>> >
>> > $ cmd.exe /C "echo %PROGRAMFILES% %PROGRAMFILES(x86)% %PROGRAMW6432%"
>> > C:\Program Files C:\Program Files (x86) C:\Program Files
>> >
>> >
>> > PROGRAMFILES works in Bash but not the other two.
>>
>> PROGRAMW6432 exists in my Cygwin bash, and I know I did not set it
>
> What version of Cygwin bash are you using?
4.4.12(3)
Yes, printenv is a much more elegant solution than mine!
Cheers - EM
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-11-23 15:27 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-11-23 9:02 john doe
2021-11-23 9:52 ` Csaba Raduly
2021-11-23 10:40 ` Lemures Lemniscati
2021-11-23 13:10 ` Eliot Moss
2021-11-23 15:15 ` john doe
2021-11-23 15:27 ` Eliot Moss [this message]
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2021-11-23 15:11 ` john doe
2021-11-23 18:07 ` Brian Inglis
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