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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Win32 Makefile template patch.
From: steph@zend.com ("Steph Fox")

Hi Richard,

>> Wouldn't having /cygwin/bin permanently in your PATH screw up native
>> executables throughout? Can you use MS rmdir on your system at all?
>>
> No. As in normal windows, shell commands take precedence over
> programs/scripts, even with the same name. If I want to use a cygwin
> program in preference to a windows one, then I will either delete or
> rename the windows one. If I can't do that, then I will put the cygwin
> version in a tools directory which is in the path before windows, et
> al.
>
> rmdir does not exist as an "executable" in windows/dos. It is part of
> the shell (command.com/cmd.exe). There is no "program" (or script or
> anything) called rmdir.anything.

... that's what 'alias' means.

> Here is some steps I've taken to show the problem. If you don't have
> cygwin in your path, then this isn't an issue. But I do and I use
> cygwin tools all day. This patch removes the problem. For the last 20
> years of software development, I've always used md/cd/rd rather than
> mkdir/chdir/rmdir. In windows they are the same thing.

Eh, I'm just trying to figure out whether that conflict's specific to your 
setup or not. Don't take it personally ;) but if it's an issue for all, 
sure, the patch goes in. If it's just you, it probably doesn't.

I uninstalled cygwin about 5 weeks ago when I had a stuffed hard disk, so I 
can't check for myself what happens with PATH and cygwin. I didn't have any 
problems with it when it was there, just - as you say - it's not essential 
for docs any more, and that's about all I used it for.

We need someone else to confirm/deny.

- Steph