cygwin using wrong sh.exe

[Raye Raskin]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brown, Charles" <charles.brown@sensis.com>
To: <cygwin@cygwin.com>
Sent: Friday, November 19, 2004 2:20 PM
Subject: cygwin using wrong sh.exe


> After installing Cygwin/X, I can launch a cygwin bash shell, and I can
> launch the xwin server using the startxwin.bat file - which also launches
> one xterm.  However, I can't run any of the X tools from the windows Start
> menu, or from a bash prompt.  I get an error saying "xterm:
> c:\progra~1\rational\ration~1\NUTCROOT\mksnt\sh.exe no such file".  
> 
> I asked a buddy for help, and we tried changing the PATH variable so
> cygwin/bin is first, and edited some of the cygwin .BAT files, to try to fix
> the PATH, but with no success.  Somehow, cygwin keeps picking that SHELL.
> 
> I've google'd some terms, and tried the mail list archive without success as
> well.
> 
> I've appended the output of cygcheck, which is interesting because it shows
> that cygwin does find sh.exe in cygwin/bin.
> 
> What do I have to tweak to fix this?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> --CB

Try setting your $SHELL variable to something other than sh.exe, i.e.,
bash.exe.


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