NetBeans 6.7.1 (and later) C/C++ is changing my $PATH!

[Gordon Prieur]

Hi,

Given the following C/C++ application project:

main(int argc, char **argv) {
char *path = getenv("PATH");
printf("path = %s\n", path);
}

If I use NetBeans 6.5.1 I get my path. If I use 6.7.1 I get
"/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/bin".
If I run with 6.8beta I get (after the OOB exception:-) I get my path with
"/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:" appended.

Why is NetBeans messing with my path? I can't debug using netbeans any more!
It makes my program fail (during some PATH checking).

Gordon

[postmortem]

many IDEs do this, I bet they couldn't run 'sh' program reliably without modifying path of all child processes

[alexvsimon]

Gordon,
please, file a bug.
IMHO IDE can have an option "do not touch my PATH at run".

Alexander

[efred]

Hello
Just to tell you, your code worked for me in netbeans IDE 6.7
I dont have an answer for your code as I pasted in your code and it worked.
code:
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>

int main(int argc, char** argv) {

char *path = getenv("PATH");
printf("path = %s\n", path);


return (EXIT_SUCCESS);
endofcode:
It displayed my PATH in the cmd.
on vista.

I'll show you my C/C++ In Options:
Tool Collection:
MinGW (focus)
TOP TO BOTTOM
C:\MinGW\bin
C:\MinGW\bin\gcc.exe
C:\MinGW\bin\g++.exe
C:\MinGW\bin\g77.exe
C:\MinGW\bin\as.exe
C:\cygwin\bin\make.exe
C:\cygwin\bin\gdb.exe

Note: I have both MinGW and cygwin
I started with cygwin
then I needed MinGW, just for your information.
Also netbeans IDE 6.7 is new to me as I was using earlier version on same machine which I had installed cygwin then MinGW, which showed up in my new netbeans IDE 6.7

good luck
Fred