From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from euclid.skiles.gatech.edu (list@euclid.skiles.gatech.edu [130.207.146.50]) by melb.werple.net.au (8.7.5/8.7.3/2) with ESMTP id DAA27080 for ; Mon, 10 Jun 1996 03:18:00 +1000 (EST) Received: (from list@localhost) by euclid.skiles.gatech.edu (8.7.3/8.7.3) id NAA12950; Sun, 9 Jun 1996 13:10:31 -0400 (EDT) Resent-Date: Sun, 9 Jun 1996 13:10:31 -0400 (EDT) From: mikhail@klm.com (Mikhail Kuperblum) Message-Id: <9606091310.ZM5182@klm.com> Date: Sun, 9 Jun 1996 13:10:02 -0400 X-Mailer: Z-Mail (3.2.1 10apr95) To: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu Subject: Ongoing problem with PATH variable since v2.6-beta17 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Resent-Message-ID: <"5cZ242.0.DA3.7Mmkn"@euclid> Resent-From: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/1298 X-Loop: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu Precedence: list Resent-Sender: zsh-workers-request@math.gatech.edu Beginning with v2.6-beta17 when I run zsh in xterm window, it doesn't inherit my PATH correctly. # echo $PATH /usr/progressive/bin:/etc:/usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/tcb/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/us r/lib/uucp/:/u/wp/shbin:/u/wp/wpbin:/u/dlc:/u/local/sound/bin:/usr/vsifax/bin:/u sr/merge/dosroot/ubin # export export PATH, etc. # zsh [/] echo $PATH /usr/lib/X11/IXI/XDesktop/bin /usr/lib/X11/IXI/XDesktop/bin/i3sc0322 /usr/progre ssive/bin /etc /usr/local/bin /bin /usr/bin /tcb/bin /usr/bin/X11 /usr/lib/uucp/ /u/wp/shbin /u/wp/wpbin /u/dlc /u/local/sound/bin /usr/vsifax/bin /usr/merge/do sroot/ubin Firstly, there is no ":" between "PATH" elements so it looks like "path" variable and simply doesn't work and there are two extra components that weren't there before (I have no idea where they're coming from): /usr/lib/X11/IXI/XDesktop/bin /usr/lib/X11/IXI/XDesktop/bin/i3sc0322 Why my PATH breaks like that? All pre-v2.6-beta17 worked (and still do) perfectly. Something must have changed somewhere. BTW, there is no problem in the character mode. (my OS is SCO OSE 5). To anyone who might reply: please Cc to mikhail@klm.com since I'm not a member of this mlist. Thanks! -- mikhail