Howto force winXP use cygwin "if test -n"

[Hugo Martin (Tourbillon Enterprises)]

Hello.

I need to use cygwin's "if" command, the ruby gem I need to install tries to 
run "if test -n" in my winXP but the win32 "if" is used so it fails with "-n 
was unexpected at this time".

Is it possible to force WinXP to use cygwin's "if"?  c:\cygwin\bin is on the 
PATH

Hugo


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If it's helpful here is the error:

c:\> gem install rmagick --include-dependencies
....[snip].......................................
...
config.status: creating ext/RMagick/rmagick_config.h

This installation of RMagick 1.15.9 is configured for
 and ImageMagick 6.3.0.patchlevel 0) [i386-mswin32]
RMagick configuration completed successfully.

nmake

Microsoft (R) Program Maintenance Utility   Version 6.00.8168.0
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corp 1988-1998. All rights reserved.

        if test -n "c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rmagick-1.15.9/lib"; then 
RUBYLIBDIR=--rbdir="c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/
1.8/gems/rmagick-1.15.9/lib";  fi;  if test -n 
"c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rmagick-1.15.9/lib"; then  RUBYARCHDIR=--
sodir="c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rmagick-1.15.9/lib";  fi; 
/cygdrive/c/ruby/bin/ruby setup.rb config $RUBYLIBDIR $
RUBYARCHDIR
-n was unexpected at this time.
NMAKE : fatal error U1077: 'if' : return code '0x1'
Stop.

Gem files will remain installed in 
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rmagick-1.15.9 for inspection.
Results logged to c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rmagick-1.15.9/gem_make.out

C:\>
.....................................................

In the CygWin console:
$ if test -n
>

In winXP cmd console:
C:\ruby\lib\ruby\gems\1.8\gems>if test -n
-n was unexpected at this time.


Thanks for the help



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