Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Message-ID: <80575AFA5F0DD31197CE00805F650D7602CFD4@wilber.adroit.com> From: "Robinow, David" To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: RE: competition for HOME environment variable Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2001 09:34:18 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > From: Jean-Philippe Grivet [mailto:grivet AT cnrs-orleans DOT fr] > Subject: competition for HOME environment variable > ... > I have tested cygwin software in a very limited fashion (vim and gcc, > mostly) and find that they perform satisfactorily. GOOD! > > My guess is that cygwin, Astex, and Scilab (all ports of > Linux programs) > require HOME environment variable. > This was previously defined in order to use a WIN port of Emacs along > with Astex. > > This seems to be confirmed by the cygcheck file which is > appended. This > file also contains unwanted references to Borland C directory > and files. > > So my question is: how can I resolve this conflict betwen two programs > that use the same environment variable ? What's there to resolve? Your system seems to be running properly. Are you having some difficulty not mentioned in your post? -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/