X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SARE_MSGID_LONG40,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20091201180347.GE27815@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> References: <4B14573C.3040409@alice.it> <20091201091515.GC30043@calimero.vinschen.de> <20091201180347.GE27815@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2009 13:51:46 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Unset TMP/TEMP in profile? (was Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] [1.7] Updated: cygwin-1.7.0-67) From: Robert Pendell To: cygwin@cygwin.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: 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 On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 1:03 PM, Christopher Faylor wrote: > On Tue, Dec 01, 2009 at 11:32:43AM -0500, Robert Pendell wrote: >>They are not reset but during an strace I discovered that cygwin will >>internally default to the system defined TEMP if one isn't defined in >>cygwin. =C2=A0In other words if it has been unset. =C2=A0This is similar = to >>linux using /tmp by default if none is defined at all. > > I don't know how you could come to that conclusion from reading strace > output. =C2=A0AFAIK, Cygwin does not treat TEMP specially. > > This thread certainly is a tempest in a teapot. > > cgf > Yes. You are right. I am obviously an idiot since I never payed close enough attention here. I'll just put my dunce hat on for a while and leave the discussion. I apparently completely forgot to unset TMP as well as TEMP during my last try on the unsets. -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple