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Date:	Tue, 19 Sep 2000 17:22:19 -0400
From:	Corinna Vinschen <vinschen AT cygnus DOT com>
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To:	cygwin <cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com>
Subject:	Re: getpwuid, getuid, home
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flav astraud wrote:
> 
> hello,
> I would like to create a directory in the user path,
> On unix I do 'getpwuid(getuid())'
> what can I do under cygwin ??

The same as long as your /etc/passwd isn't screwed up.

> What happen when I do 'getenv("HOME")' ??

It depends.

If you run a console window: It's set if you have it set
explicitly.

If you start from telnet/ssh: It's the value from your /etc/passwd
pw_dir entry.

Corinna

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