Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!gegeweb.42!gegeweb.eu!nntpfeed.proxad.net!feeder2-2.proxad.net!proxad.net!feeder1-2.proxad.net!74.125.46.80.MISMATCH!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail From: Lew Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.help Subject: Re: searching the path Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2011 21:18:14 -0800 (PST) Organization: http://groups.google.com Lines: 14 Message-ID: <24407918.1229.1325135894115.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@prez15> References: <2920215.942.1325110705431.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@prmw6> Reply-To: comp.lang.java.help@googlegroups.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 173.164.137.214 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Trace: posting.google.com 1325136004 11230 127.0.0.1 (29 Dec 2011 05:20:04 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2011 05:20:04 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=173.164.137.214; posting-account=CP-lKQoAAAAGtB5diOuGlDQk0jIwmH0T User-Agent: G2/1.0 X-Google-Web-Client: true Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.java.help:1484 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 > 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