From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: David Korn <dkorn@pixelpower.com>
To: "'gcc-help@gcc.gnu.org'" <gcc-help@gcc.gnu.org>
Subject: RE: Add search path to the cygwin.
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2000 02:47:00 -0000
Message-id: <718D38CAB6E0D011B2C90060970C28A556FC56@exchangeserver.pixelpower.com>
X-SW-Source: 2000-10/msg00084.html

>"Fu, Jack" wrote:
>>
>> I tried to add path using $ $PATH=/cygnus/include:$PATH.

>From: mike corbeil ordinary user account [ mailto:mcorbeil@NetRevolution.com ]

>      $PATH=/cygnus/include:$PATH
>      export PATH
>
>      or
>
>      $PATH=$PATH:/cygnus/include
>      export PATH

  PMFBI, but.... surely you mean

       PATH=/cygnus/include:$PATH
       export PATH

 because if you put that first $ sign there, it expands the path, rather
than treating it as a variable name, so if (for example) your path used to
be /usr/bin:/bin, then what you've just typed to bash (after expansion) is

   /usr/bin:/bin=/cygnus/include:/usr/bin:/bin

which of course doesn't make a lot of sense to bash...

    hth,
        DaveK
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