Microsoft KB Archive/246449

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Error Message Appears Each Time You Open a Shell in INTERIX

Article ID: 246449

Article Last Modified on 10/30/2006

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APPLIES TO

• Microsoft Interix 2.2 Standard Edition
• Microsoft Interix 2.2 Standard Edition
• Microsoft Interix 2.2 Standard Edition
• Microsoft Interix 2.2 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q246449

SYMPTOMS

When you open up a shell, you may receive the following error message:

usage: ntpath2posix [-l|-u|-c] pathname

RESOLUTION

To resolve this behavior, change your system user environment setting to read PROGRA~1 instead of Program Files.

MORE INFORMATION

For example:

Variable: INTERIX_COMPILERDIR
Value: //C/PROGRAM~1/Microsoft Visual Studio/VC98/Bin

OR

OPENNT_COMPILERDIR
//C/PROGRAM~1/Microsoft Visual Studio/VC98/Bin

Keywords: kbprb KB246449

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