Re: UPDATE 2: Windows XP, Cygwin 1.3.22-1, PostgreSQL 7.3.2,

Frank,

On Tue, May 13, 2003 at 01:41:52PM -0400, Frank Seesink wrote:
> Jason Tishler wrote:
> >Use the following procedure:
> >
> >    1. Install bash as a service via cygrunsrv.
> >    2. Allow it to interact with the desktop.
> >    3. Start the service.
> >    4. Execute "echo $PATH" when it pops up.
>
> [snip]
>
> First, the "Allow service to interact with destkop" setting is only
> available when the service is started under the Local System account.

Oops, sorry for the misinformation.  Shame on me -- I should have
checked again before writing the above.

> [snip]
>
> So short of another means (possibly some kind of script--avoiding
> desktop interaction--which saves the environment table to a file),
> not sure how to tell other than looking at source.

I just checked the source (cygrunsrv.cc:1076,1084):

    char *env_path = getenv ("PATH");
    if (!env_path)
      setenv ("PATH", "/bin", 1);
    else
      {
        char env_tmp[strlen (env_path) + 6];
***>    strcat (strcpy (env_tmp, env_path), ":/bin");    <***
        setenv ("PATH", env_tmp, 1);
      }

Hence, "/bin" is appended not prepended.

Jason

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