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Re: "bad" PATH (2 instances seen by bash launched cmd file)
- To: rodmant at sol dot net
- Subject: Re: "bad" PATH (2 instances seen by bash launched cmd file)
- From: "Earnie Boyd" <earnie_boyd at hotmail dot com>
- Date: Wed, 18 Mar 1998 07:15:47 PST
- Cc: gnu-win32 at cygnus dot com
>To: gnu-win32@cygnus.com
>From: "Tom Rodman" <rodmant@sol.net>
>Reply-To: "Tom Rodman" <rodmant@sol.net>
>Subject: "bad" PATH (2 instances seen by bash launched cmd file)
>Date: Mon, 16 Mar 1998 13:26:59 -0600
>
>Take a look at this bash (beta 18) session:
>
>
> > /adm/sa/tmp
> > CMKE773 adm > export PATH=/WINNT/system32
> > /adm/sa/tmp
> > CMKE773 adm > echo path=bar \& set path|cmd
> Microsoft(R) Windows NT(TM)
> (C) Copyright 1985-1996 Microsoft Corp.
>
> s:\adm\sa\tmp>path=bar & set path
> PATH=bar
> PATH=c:\WINNT\system32
> PATHEXT=.COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD
>
>Notice that PATH shows up twice. Can anyone explain this?
Just guessing, it appears to me that it is a bug in the display of the
output. PATH=bar should be displayed as path=bar and
PATH=c:\WINNT\system32 should be displayed as it is. Therefore, the
lowercase variables are stored as lowercase but displayed as UPPERCASE.
>
>regards,
>
>Tom Rodman
>rodmant@sol.net
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