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Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:22:41 -0500
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Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] [1.7] Updated: cygwin-1.7.0-67
From: Robert Pendell <shinji AT elite-systems DOT org>
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On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 12:11 PM, Dave Korn
<dave DOT korn DOT cygwin AT googlemail DOT com> wrote:
> Ken Brown wrote:
>> On 11/30/2009 11:23 AM, Robert Pendell wrote:
>
>>> I guess a side question here is if TMP does not exist then should it
>>> be defaulting to the system wide TEMP variable, the one defined in
>>> .bashrc for the user or should it even be created at all? =C2=A0I poste=
d an
>>> strace and it shows TEMP set to /tmp but patch still uses TMP instead
>>> and since TMP doesn't exist it looks like cygwin sets TMP to the
>>> system wide one by default.
>>
>> Are you sure TMP doesn't exist? =C2=A0On my system TMP is set in the Win=
dows
>> environment. =C2=A0Cygwin just takes that variable and converts the file=
name
>> to Unix format. =C2=A0So unless you unset TMP somewhere in your startup
>> files, TMP will exist (at least in XP; I don't have experience with
>> other systems).
>
> =C2=A0I think this is the nub of it. =C2=A0On posix systems the /tmp dir =
is a vital
> system directory, and cygwin should not import the windows version of it,
> because unlike the real /tmp dir it won't have been created with the right
> posix perms by setup.exe.
>
> =C2=A0 =C2=A0cheers,
> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0DaveK
>

Is there a reason for not using the cygwin /tmp folder by default?
Sorry but I am trying to scratch a curiosity itch at this point.


Robert Pendell
shinji AT elite-systems DOT org
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"A perfect world is one of chaos."

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