gcc: error: CreateProcess: No such file or directory

[james@…]

C:\Users\James\code\boost\v1_60>bootstrap.bat gcc
Building Boost.Build engine
gcc: error: CreateProcess: No such file or directory

Failed to build Boost.Build engine.

gcc is in my path

C:\Users\James\code\boost\v1_60>gcc -v
Using built-in specs.
COLLECT_GCC=gcc
Target: mingw32
Configured with: ../../../src/gcc-4.9.2/configure --build=mingw32 --enable-

...

Thread model: posix
gcc version 4.9.2 (tdm-1)

here is the log

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### Using 'gcc' toolset.
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C:\Users\James\code\boost\v1_60\tools\build\src\engine>if exist bootstrap rd /S /Q bootstrap 

C:\Users\James\code\boost\v1_60\tools\build\src\engine>md bootstrap 

C:\Users\James\code\boost\v1_60\tools\build\src\engine>gcc -DNT -o bootstrap\jam0.exe  command.c compile.c constants.c debug.c execcmd.c execnt.c filent.c frames.c function.c glob.c hash.c hdrmacro.c headers.c jam.c jambase.c jamgram.c lists.c make.c make1.c object.c option.c output.c parse.c pathnt.c pathsys.c regexp.c rules.c scan.c search.c subst.c timestamp.c variable.c modules.c strings.c filesys.c builtins.c md5.c class.c cwd.c w32_getreg.c native.c modules/set.c modules/path.c modules/regex.c modules/property-set.c modules/sequence.c modules/order.c 

C:\Users\James\code\boost\v1_60\tools\build\src\engine>exit /b 1

[anonymous]

Problem was I had quotes around the PATH to gcc. Works for invoking the compiler, but not for bootstrap.

C:\Users\James\code\boost\v1_60\tools\build\src\engine>PATH
PATH="C:\Program Files (x86)\CodeBlocks16\MinGW\bin";C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\javapath;C:\Program Files (x86)\Python\; ...