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Subject: RE: Truncated Environment Variables? - using Cygwin +   GetEnvironmentStrings()   WIN32 API
Date: Tue, 2 May 2006 15:32:44 +0100
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On 02 May 2006 15:18, Kaveh Goudarzi wrote:


> 	I call cygwin_internal ( CW_SYNC_WINENV )  prior to
> the call to GetEnvironmentStrings ... the strange thing is the
> value that comes back ... looking at the code
> (cygwin/src/winsup/cygwin/external.cc) I expected zero but I get another
> value (4294967295 ... uninitialized return?) 

  Return values are ints, not unsigneds.  That one is -1.  Which means
'error'!

> 	Any ideas? 

  Check errno for more information?

> 	Also I noticed that the address of environ seems always to be
> at 0x460090 ... is it safe to assume this to always be the case?

  No, absolutely not.

    cheers,
      DaveK
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