[GRASS-dev] Re: [GRASS GIS] #1553: osgeo4w and qgis builds: path settings to msys on wingrass find wrong 'sort'

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#1553: osgeo4w and qgis builds: path settings to msys on wingrass find wrong
'sort'
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 Reporter:  sbl                      |       Owner:  grass-dev@…              
     Type:  defect                   |      Status:  new                      
 Priority:  major                    |   Milestone:  6.4.2                    
Component:  Packaging                |     Version:  6.4.2 RCs                
 Keywords:  wingrass, osgeo4w, qgis  |    Platform:  MSWindows XP             
      Cpu:  Unspecified              |  
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Comment(by sbl):

 Replying to [comment:5 hamish]:
 > Replying to [comment:4 sbl]:
 > > I can confirm that:
 > > v.db.select --verbose map=grid columns=cat where="cat>10"
 > > works on a fresh installation of OSGeo4W, though, v.report
 > > and sort do not.
 >
 > what does `which sort` say? how about `which echo`?
 `which sort` says:
 'which' is not recognized as an internal or external
 command,
 operable program or batch file.
 Both, from the GRASS Text GUI, and the WX-GUI commandline interface
 Invoked from Msys it says:
 /bin/sort.exe

 >
 > do /bin/sort.exe and /bin/echo.exe exist?
 Not in C:\OSGeo4W\bin, but in C:\OSGeo4W\apps\msys\bin
 >
 > are you running the commands from a MSys rxvt terminal prompt, a cmd.exe
 DOS box, or the wxGUI command-line entry box?
 I tried the DOS box (GRASS Text GUI), the Wx-GUIs commandline, and Msys.
 The commands work only on Msys.
 >
 > In your $PATH /bin comes before /c/WINDOWS/system32, so I'm not sure why
 it wouldn't pick up /bin/sort.exe if it was there.
 Really strange, but when I write C:\OSGeo4W\apps\msys\bin\sort in GRASS
 CMD it works also from there.

 >
 >
 > thanks,
 > Hamish

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