From: jqb AT netcom DOT com (Jim Balter) Subject: Re: Here-Scripts in bash 10 Apr 1997 15:22:37 -0700 Approved: cygnus DOT gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com Distribution: cygnus Message-ID: <334D3B5F.49FF.cygnus.gnu-win32@netcom.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01Gold (WinNT; I) Original-To: GNU Win32 Original-Sender: owner-gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com Chin Chee-Kai wrote: > > > Could beta 18's bash *please*, *please* mkdir c:/tmp if it doesn't find > > one (or make tmpfile() use the Windows temp directory if c:/tmp doesn't > > exist)? (Whine! :-) > > IMHO, making tmpfile() or functions needing access to "c:/tmp" to examine > its/their environment everytime it/they are executed isn't too efficient. The first sin of programming is doing design based upon imaginary costs. A getenv call only costs a couple of microseconds. -- - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help".