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Subject:	Re: POSIX->Windows conversion for vars other than PATH, etc?
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On Mon, Feb 12, 2007 at 11:38:59AM -0600, Matthew Woehlke wrote:
>...is there a way to tell Cygwin that variables other than PATH, etc 
>(i.e. arbitrary, user-specified variables) should be converted from 
>POSIX format to Windows format when spawning a non-POSIX application?
>
>If not, would it be acceptable to add such a feature if I were to submit 
>a patch for it?

This has come up repeatedly over the years.  I'm not a fan of adding a
slowdown to an already slow part of cygwin, so, no, I don't think it
would be acceptable.

cgf

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