Ok here is where it stands.
Using the directions from the cygwin directions i am able to temporarily specify a "Path"
My Profile file is different than that of what they show as an example (expected)
Here is my profile file (sorry if it is big) Could someone point out were I am supposed to add the line that the cygwin directions tell you too? That would be great!
# /etc/profile -*- Mode: shell-script -*-
# (c) MandrakeSoft, Chmouel Boudjnah
loginsh=1
# Users generally won't see annoyng core files
[ "$UID" = "0" ] && ulimit -S -c 1000000 > /dev/null 2>&1
if ! echo ${PATH} |grep -q /usr/X11R6/bin ; then
PATH="$PATH:/usr/X11R6/bin"
fi
if [ "$UID" -ge 500 ] && ! echo ${PATH} |grep -q /usr/games ; then
PATH=$PATH:/usr/games
fi
umask 022
USER=`id -un`
LOGNAME=$USER
MAIL="/var/spool/mail/$USER"
HISTCONTROL=ignoredups
HOSTNAME=`/bin/hostname`
HISTSIZE=1000
if [ -z "$INPUTRC" -a ! -f "$HOME/.inputrc" ]; then
INPUTRC=/etc/inputrc
fi
# some old programs still use it (eg: "man"), and it is also
# required for level1 compliance for LI18NUX2000
NLSPATH=/usr/share/locale/%l/%N
export PATH PS1 USER LOGNAME MAIL HOSTNAME INPUTRC NLSPATH
export HISTCONTROL HISTSIZE
for i in /etc/profile.d/*.sh ; do
if [ -x $i ]; then
. $i
fi
done
unset i