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Update entry about PATH, now done in /etc/profile not cygwin.bat. 

Remove entry "Where can I find 'which'" since it's included now.
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David Starks-Browning 2001-05-29 15:19:25 +00:00
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@subsection How should I set my PATH?
If you look at the "Cygwin 1.1.0" (or similar) shortcut created in the
"Cygnus Solutions" programs folder, you'll see that it runs
@code{C:\cygwin\bin\cygwin.bat} (assuming your root is
@code{C:\cygwin}). The contents should look something like this:
This is done for you in the file /etc/profile, which is sourced by bash
when you start it from the Desktop or Start Menu shortcut, created by
@code{setup.exe}. The line is
@example
@@echo off
SET MAKE_MODE=unix
SET PATH=C:\cygwin\bin;C:\cygwin\usr\local\bin;%PATH%
bash
PATH="/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:$PATH"
@end example
Effectively, this @strong{prepends} /usr/bin and /usr/local/bin to your
Effectively, this @strong{prepends} /usr/local/bin and /usr/bin to your
Windows system path. If you choose to reset your PATH, say in
$HOME/.bashrc, then you should follow this rule. You @strong{must} have
@code{/usr/bin} in your PATH @strong{before} any Windows system
directories. (And you must not omit the Windows system directories!)
Otherwise you will likely encounter all sorts of problems
running Cygwin applications.
If you haven't messed up the default mounts, then @code{/bin} and
@code{/usr/bin} are the same location, so you only need one of them in
your PATH. You should use @code{/usr/local/bin} for installing
additional Cygwin applications that are not part of the core net
release. (That is, anything not found in an ftp mirror of @code{latest}
and installed by @code{setup.exe}.)
$HOME/.bashrc, or by editing etc/profile directly, then you should
follow this rule. You @strong{must} have @code{/usr/bin} in your PATH
@strong{before} any Windows system directories. (And you must not omit
the Windows system directories!) Otherwise you will likely encounter
all sorts of problems running Cygwin applications.
@subsection Bash says "command not found", but it's right there!
@ -265,11 +254,6 @@ cygwin-mounted filesystems (as Cygwin 'find' would do).
If you are looking for the "more" pager, you should use the "less" pager
instead.
@subsection Where can I find "which"?
There is no "which" command with Cygwin. However, you can use the bash
shell builtin "type" which does something similar.
@subsection Why isn't package XXXX available in Cygwin? (Or, why is your package so out of date?)
Probably because there is nobody willing or able to maintain it. It