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Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2002 22:13:16 +0000
From: "Soren Andersen" <soren_andersen AT speedymail DOT org>
To: "cygwin" <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject: Re: CYGWIN variable: impact of options under Win9x
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On Tue, 19 Mar 2002 11:44:22 +0100, "Corinna Vinschen"
<cygwin AT cygwin DOT com> said:
> On Tue, Mar 19, 2002 at 07:22:28AM +0000, Soren Andersen wrote:

> > Now I am looking at setting CYGWIN thus:

> > SET CYGWIN=export noenvcache glob:ignorecase title nostrip_title
> > winsymlinks tty

> > What sort of surprises or changes in behavior (that I might not have
> > realized were changeable behavior, i.e. things that I'd not taken heed
> > of until now) might I experience?

> The only dangerous one AFAICS is 'tty' which changes
> the way the console is handled.  Impact is that native Win32 console
> apps could show some surprising effects.

Can you give an example? That's precisely what I am not clear on. WHICH
native console apps?

> > I am also keen on assuring myself that not mentioning "ntea" or "ntsec"
> > is fine; that those options would do nothing under Win98 anyway, and
> 
> These are NT options.  Forget them on 9x/Me.

Thank you Corinna, that's what I wanted to be sure of more than
anything.

   Best,
     Soren Andersen

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