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Date:	Fri, 3 Dec 2004 18:47:41 -0500
From:	Christopher Faylor <cgf-no-personal-reply-please AT cygwin DOT com>
To:	cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject:	Re: 1.5.12: TERM environment reset to "cygwin" after fork()
Message-ID:	<20041203234741.GN29883@trixie.casa.cgf.cx>
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On Fri, Dec 03, 2004 at 04:44:01PM -0500, Richard Campbell wrote:
>>Provide a simple test case, that is compilable and linkable so that
>>we can investigate your claim.
>
>#include <stdio.h>
>
>int main(int argc, char **argv)
>{
>   setenv("TERM", "ansi", 1);
>    /* ... blah, blah, ... */
>    printf("TERM is: %s\n", getenv("TERM"));  /* prints "ansi" as expected */
>    int i = fork();
>    if (i < 0)
>        printf("Bad Business...");
>    else if ( i > 0 )
>        printf("parent TERM is: %s\n", getenv("TERM")); 
>    else
>        printf("child  TERM is: %s\n", getenv("TERM")); 
>}
>
>C:\dl>a.exe
>TERM is: ansi
>parent TERM is: ansi
>child  TERM is: cygwin

Thanks.  That pinpointed the problem it will be fixed in the next release.

Ordinarily I'd say "try a snapshot" but apparently I've destabilized things
a bit in snapshot land so I wouldn't recommend using a snapshot right now.

cgf

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