more info on execvp problem
Don Sharp
dwsharp@iee.org
Mon Oct 22 10:12:00 GMT 2001
Charles Wilson wrote:
>
> Pavel Tsekov wrote:
>
> > I was sure there will be a response like this - in short since as we
> > both
> > agree is posix internally (if noone messed with it) - you get this as
> > result
> > of getenv("PATH"):
> >
> > c:/jdk1.3.1/bin:/usr/local/bin:...:c:/usr/local/emacs/bin
>
> Listen carefully: as Chris has already pointed out, that is NOT a posix
> path. THIS is a posix path:
>
> /cygdrive/c/jdk1.3.1/bin:/usr/local/bin:...:/cygdrive/c/usr/local/emacs/bin
>
> Or, if you have mounted C:\ as /c (like I do on my boxes):
>
> /c/jdk1.3.3/bin:/usr/local/bin:...:/c/usr/local/emacs/bin
>
> See? There are NO ':' characters EXCEPT the path delimiters in a POSIX
> PATH variable.
>
> --Chuck
>
I think it is you that is missing the point. It is perfectly legal to
have a path like
PATH=chuck:/bin....
but if the directory happens to be called "c" rather than "chuck" then
we have the problem as the PATH would now be
PATH=c:/bin....
We either say you can't do that or deal with it.
Cheers
Don Sharp
P.S. Sorry for the personally addressed reply Chuck.
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