To demonstrate the diffrence, try executing the 2 commands which you
mentioned, i.e.,
1. #ssh username_at_linubox echo $PATH
2. #ssh username_at_linuxbox 'echo $PATH'
from your cygwin console and you should be able to see the difference.
Anju
On Wed, 6 Oct 2004, Prabhanjan Kambadur wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Sorry fr he delayed reply. When I do
>
> #ssh username_at_machinename echo $PATH
>
> what I am get is the PATH variable from the local machine as opposed to
> the remote machine. I think that the right syntax for this is to have the
> single quotes around the command which needs to be executed. Are you sure
> that you are not seeing the same PATH variable as your local machine??
>
> Also, if this is the case, then I think the workaround is to change the
> windows environment variable since this is a problem with windows/cygwin
> if they are not executing the ~/.*rc file.
>
> Hope this helps,
> Anju
>
> On Tue, 28 Sep 2004, Mark wrote:
>
> > Thank you for your suggestion Anju; I apologize for not mentioning that I
> > had already tried modifying my resource files without success. Of interest
> > is that I get a shorter PATH when I use the command
> >
> > ssh username_at_machinename 'echo $PATH'
> >
> > as compared to
> >
> > ssh username_at_machinename echo $PATH
> >
> > The first command gives me what Cygwin picks up from Windows XP, while the
> > second command picks the additions that Cygwin adds. ssh seems to use the
> > PATH that the first command returns.
> >
> > Mark
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: lam-bounces_at_[hidden] [mailto:lam-bounces_at_[hidden]] On Behalf Of
> > prabhanjan kambadur
> > Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2004 7:05 PM
> > To: General LAM/MPI mailing list
> > Subject: Re: LAM: LAM on Cygwin
> >
> > Mark wrote:
> >
> > >Hello Anju,
> > >
> > >Thank you for your prompt response. I installed LAM 7.1 (Thanks to the LAM
> > >team for anotheyeah r release!) and used ssh instead, but I had to add my
> > Cygwin
> > >path to the Windows XP path variable to enable lamboot to find hboot. Is
> > >there another way to do this without changing the Windows environment?
> > >
> > >Mark
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > Cygwin automatically picks up whatever is specified as the PATH variable
> > in the windows environment. But you dont have to go through that to
> > enable your binaries. All you need to do is to add it to the right .*rc
> > file. Like I have all my path things set up in my ~/.cshrc since I use
> > tcsh and life should be good. Let me know if this works for you
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