Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2004 15:02:06 -0500 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: 1.5.12: TERM environment reset to "cygwin" after fork() Message-ID: <20041203200206.GI29883@trixie.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: <41B0C01F.6020401@smithdomain.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <41B0C01F.6020401@smithdomain.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i On Fri, Dec 03, 2004 at 02:35:59PM -0500, B. Scott Smith wrote: >Version: CYGWIN_NT-5.0 -- 1.5.12(0.116/4/2) -- i686 unknown unknown Cygwin > >I set the TERM environment variable in my application by calling >setenv(). A subsequent call to getenv("TERM") yields the expected value. >However, after performing a fork(), the call to getenv("TERM") returns >"cygwin". This is the case for both the parent and the child. > >Any ideas? Simple test case? cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/