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Date: Fri, 9 May 2008 11:59:55 +0100
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Win32 Makefile template patch.
From: rquadling@googlemail.com ("Richard Quadling")

2008/5/9 Steph Fox <steph@zend.com>:
> 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
>

You don't actually need to install cygwin to see the fault.

Create a batch file called rmdir.bat like this ...

@ECHO OFF
ECHO You are running %0
ECHO The parameters you supplied are:
ECHO 1 : %1
ECHO 2 : %2
ECHO 3 : %3
ECHO 4 : %4
ECHO 5 : %5
PAUSE

Place this in your path. Put it in the last directory in your path. My
last path entry happens to be a common folder for Nero. (C:\Program
Files\Common Files\Ahead\Lib".

I've renamed the cygwin folder. I put the above batch file in the
common folder location.

vcvars32.bat'd myself.

name clean-pecl

Outputs ...

Setting environment for using Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 x86 tools.

2008/05/09 11:55:44 C:\Work\php-src-PHP_5_3>nmake clean-pecl

Microsoft (R) Program Maintenance Utility Version 9.00.21022.08
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.

Cleaning PECL targets only
        rmdir /s /q Release_TS\pecl
You are running "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Ahead\Lib\rmdir.BAT"
The parameters you supplied are:
1 : /s
2 : /q
3 : Release_TS\pecl
4 :
5 :
Press any key to continue . . .


Remove rmdir.bat and all works as expected.





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Richard Quadling
Zend Certified Engineer : http://zend.com/zce.php?c=ZEND002498&r=213474731
"Standing on the shoulders of some very clever giants!"