Date:	Thu, 1 Mar 2001 10:36:20 +0200 (IST)
From:	Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To:	mike friedrichs <mike_fr1 AT txucom DOT net>
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Subject:	Re: bash startup
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On Wed, 28 Feb 2001, mike friedrichs wrote:

> this is _bashrc, again with no changes
> ____________________________________________________________
> # ~/.bashrc
> 
> if [ "$PS1" != "" ]; then
>   # setting for interactive shell
>   CVSROOT=/usr/src/master
>   EDITOR='mule -w'
>   CDPATH="${HOME}/work;${HOME}"
>   TMPDIR=/tmp
>   export CVSROOT EDITOR CDPATH TMPDIR

That's your problem, right there: TMPDIR is set to "/tmp".  If you
don't have "/tmp" on each and every drive on your system, pipes and
other commands which use temporary files won't work.  (This is
explained in section 6.11 of the DJGPP FAQ list, btw.)

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