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Asked: 2026-06-17T11:05:53+00:00

I set 2 environment variables to test which one works for me, as following

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I set 2 environment variables to test which one works for me, as following

.bash_profile

NODE_BIN1="/cygdrive/c/Program Files/nodejs"
NODE_BIN2=/cygdrive/c/Program\ Files/nodejs
export NODE_BIN1 NODE_BIN2

then test them in Cygwin terminal

$ cd $NODE_BIN1
kevin@kevin-HP /cygdrive/c/Program  (wrong!)

$ cd $NODE_BIN2
kevin@kevin-HP /cygdrive/c/Program  (wrong!)

$ cd C:/Program Files/nodejs
kevin@kevin-HP /cygdrive/c/Program  (wrong!)

$ cd "C:/Program Files/nodejs"
kevin@kevin-HP /cygdrive/c/Program Files/nodejs

The last result is what I want but actually it’s same string as $NODE_BIN1.

Any idea to fix this ?
Thanks a lot !

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  1. Editorial Team

    Try using cygpath?

    export NODE_BIN1=`cygpath -w -s "/cygdrive/c/Program Files/nodejs"`

    This also provides the same output

    export NODE_BIN1=`cygpath -d "/cygdrive/c/Program Files/nodejs"`
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