It actually _is_ in my PATH already:<div><br><div><div>> (find-executable-path "javaw.exe")</div><div>#<path:C:\Windows\system32\javaw.exe></div><div>> (getenv "PATH")</div><div>"...;C:\\Windows\\system32;..." </div>
<div><br></div><div>(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.</div></div><div><div><br>
</div><div>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? ;-) )</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 7:00 PM, Danny Yoo <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dyoo@hashcollision.org" target="_blank">dyoo@hashcollision.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div>On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 4:22 PM, Tim Nelson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:tbnelson@gmail.com" target="_blank">tbnelson@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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Thanks for the hint Danny. I didn't know about that function... but I'm sorry to say that <div><br></div><div>> (find-executable-path "java.exe")</div><div>#f</div><div><br></div><div>whereas from cmd:</div>
<div>> where java</div><div>C:\Windows\System32\java.exe</div><div><br></div><div>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!</div>
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<div><br></div></font></span></blockquote><div><br></div></div><div>Ugh. Ok, that was _supposed_ to work.</div><div><br></div><div>Out of curiosity, what happens if you add C:\Windows\System32 to your PATH?</div><div><br>
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<div>(I know that's not the right solution, and it sounds like there's some Windows weirdness involved here.)</div></div>
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