Set programs installed in Windows Program files folder to PATH (Cygwin)
VIMHOME=’/cygdrive/c/Program Files/Vim/vim72’
JAVAHOME=’/cygdrive/c/Program Files/Java/jdk1.5.011’
alias ll=“ls -lh”
alias l=“ls -a”
PATH=“\({VIM\_HOME}":"\){JAVAHOME}/bin”:${PATH}
export PATH
The quote and double quote play the magic..