[racket] Behavior of file-exists? and directory-list

It actually _is_ in my PATH already:

> (find-executable-path "javaw.exe")
#<path:C:\Windows\system32\javaw.exe>
> (getenv "PATH")
"...;C:\\Windows\\system32;..."

(Other members of PATH omitted.) Weird, huh? Something is wonky. I even
tried changing the capitalization of "system" on the off chance that case
mattered, but nope.

Ben: Thanks for the ref. I should have thought to look at the C code.
 (Would Racket blinders cause Racket to ignore some of its own code? ;-) )

On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 7:00 PM, Danny Yoo <dyoo at hashcollision.org> wrote:

>
>
> On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 4:22 PM, Tim Nelson <tbnelson at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Thanks for the hint Danny. I didn't know about that function... but I'm
>> sorry to say that
>>
>> > (find-executable-path "java.exe")
>> #f
>>
>> whereas from cmd:
>> > where java
>> C:\Windows\System32\java.exe
>>
>> so the command line knows about it, and I can use it, but it is concealed
>> from Racket, even via find-executable-path. That's probably a more concise
>> statement of my problem!
>>
>>
> Ugh.  Ok, that was _supposed_ to work.
>
> Out of curiosity, what happens if you add C:\Windows\System32 to your PATH?
>
>  (I know that's not the right solution, and it sounds like there's some
> Windows weirdness involved here.)
>
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