Re: searching the path

From	Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.java.help
Subject	Re: searching the path
Date	2011-12-28 21:18 -0800
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On Wednesday, December 28, 2011 6:12:09 PM UTC-8, Roedy Green wrote:
> On Wed, 28 Dec 2011 14:18:25 -0800 (PST), Lew <lewb...@gmail.com>
> wrote, quoted or indirectly quoted someone who said :
> 
> >That would be a "PATH" system variable, if you mean the path to search for executables.
> 
> on windows [sic], it is case insensitive.

Did you read the quote from Microsoft where they refer to it as the "PATH environment variable" to distinguish it from the "path command"?

The reference I provided is instructive in that matter.

-- 
Lew

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