From: franl@world.std.com (Francis Litterio)
Subject: bash reverts to NT-style PATH in subshells.
2 Jan 1997 12:21:01 -0800
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Using the 17.1 release, create this shell script (called showpath):

    #!/bin/sh
    echo $PATH
    ls

and you'll see this problem:

    bash$ echo $PATH
    /franl/bin:/bin:/WINNT/system32:/WINNT:/dos
    bash$ ./showpath
    c:\franl\bin;c:c:\apps\cygwin32\H-i386-cygwin32\bin;C:\WINNT\system32;C:\WINNT;c:\dos
    ./showpath: ls: command not found

(Note: I have c:/apps/cygwin32/H-i386-cygwin32/bin mounted on /bin.)
Notice how bash's UNIXification of the PATH has been lost, and along
with it we lose the ability to use commands like ls from within the
script.
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