From: "U.Nakamura" <usa@...>
Date: 2002-06-16T20:09:47+09:00
Subject: Re: system & changes to ENV on Windows

Hello,

At Jun.16,2002 07:14:16, <holmberg@iar.se> wrote on
  "system & changes to ENV on Windows" :
> I try to use Ruby on Windows (NT),
> but I noted that changes to the PATH environment variable didn't
> affect how executables were found by "system".
(snip)
> My questions are:
> 
>  - wouldn't Ruby be much more useful on Windows if it worked
>    like other script-languages with regard to system, ENV and PATH ?

This problem is already fixed in ruby 1.7.


>  - has anyone used the code enabled by the USE_WIN32_RTL_ENV
>    symbol ?  Does the code work ?
> 
>  - if it works, wouldn't it be a good idea to have enabled by
>    default ?

Although I tested this code, I forget a result. ;-(
However, I remember that there was a certain problem.


Regards,
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U.Nakamura <usa@osb.att.ne.jp>