how to run a program from the bash console

Weiqi Gao weiqigao@gmail.com
Wed Aug 31 14:19:00 GMT 2005


On 8/31/05, William Creel <wdcdw@vt.edu> wrote:
> I am attempting to run a Windows program from the Bash console.  I have
> attempted modifying my path in the .bash_profile file in my home
> directory with the following line:
> 
> PATH=/cygdrive/c/'Program Files'/'<program folder>'/<program
> executable>:$PATH
> export PATH
> 
> This does not appear to work.  Does anyone know how to do this?

Should be

PATH=/cygdrive/c/'Program Files'/'<program folder>'/:$PATH
export PATH

The program executable's name should not be part of the PATH
enironment variable.

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