Date: Sun, 4 Oct 1998 13:01:11 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To: Ian Chapman <Ian DOT Chapman DOT ichapman AT nt DOT com>
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Subject: RE: Install BASH shell
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On Fri, 2 Oct 1998, Ian Chapman wrote:

> My paths are not in autoexec.bat when I start djgpp work(I run a
> dj.bat to do that).

You didn't say that, so I had no means of guessing.

Setting PATH and the DJGPP in AUTOEXEC.BAT *is* the recommended way of
using DJGPP, even on Windows 9X.  Do you *really* have a grave reason
to delay that setup until you open the DOS box?

If you do, then make the command line of the shortcut be "bash.exe -"
and put the PATH setting into .bash_profile.  I still suggest to set
the DJGPP variable on AUTOEXEC.BAT, so that Bash itself will see it on
startup.

> I'm not even sure if autoexec.bat is run on starting a dos box.

No, it isn't, but it is run *before* Windows starts, and so the
settings there are propagated to all programs, including any DOS box
you open.

> 	"ls" works and "less file.txt" also works but "ls | less" gives pipe
> error less not found.

Seems like TMPDIR is not set correctly.