Cygwin & MinGW

TmX · 09-26-2006, 03:24 AM

I have Cygwin & MinGW installed on my laptop.
In the PATH variable , Cygwin has the higher priority.
But sometimes I want to invoke the MinGW GCC from the command line withoug CD-ing to it's installation directory

Any suggestion ?

**Ken Fitlike** · 09-26-2006, 05:01 AM

Change the path environment variable for that process i.e.,

Code:

set path=mingw_path;%path%

A batch/cmd(*.bat or *.cmd) file is useful in this regard as you can do other stuff, too, such as invoke make or other tools if you want.

maxorator · 09-26-2006, 07:08 AM

I have my own "command" directory, where I put programs I want to run throguh command line. So there will be only my bat files and some console executables. You can make a bat file called "cyg.bat":

Code:

SET PATH=cygwin_path;%path%

and "mgw.bat":

Code:

SET PATH=mingw_path;%path%

So you can easily switch the path between Cygwin and MinGW by just "cyg" or "mgw".

Frobozz · 09-26-2006, 08:44 AM

Of course he could just have the batch file pass on the compiling as well:

Code:

SET OLDPATH=%path%
SET PATH=mingw_path;%path%
g++ %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9
SET PATH=OLDPATH

09-26-2006, 03:24 AM	#1
TmX Registered User Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 11	Cygwin & MinGW I have Cygwin & MinGW installed on my laptop. In the PATH variable , Cygwin has the higher priority. But sometimes I want to invoke the MinGW GCC from the command line withoug CD-ing to it's installation directory Any suggestion ?
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09-26-2006, 05:01 AM	#2
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09-26-2006, 07:08 AM	#3
maxorator Reverse Engineer Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Estonia Posts: 2,258	I have my own "command" directory, where I put programs I want to run throguh command line. So there will be only my bat files and some console executables. You can make a bat file called "cyg.bat": Code: SET PATH=cygwin_path;%path% and "mgw.bat": Code: SET PATH=mingw_path;%path% So you can easily switch the path between Cygwin and MinGW by just "cyg" or "mgw". __________________ The duck is irrelevant to my point.
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09-26-2006, 08:44 AM	#4
Frobozz Registered User Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 546	Of course he could just have the batch file pass on the compiling as well: Code: SET OLDPATH=%path% SET PATH=mingw_path;%path% g++ %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9 SET PATH=OLDPATH
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