Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2000 09:49:49 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To: Gisle Vanem <gvanem AT eunet DOT no>
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Subject: Re: bash and /tmp
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On Thu, 13 Jan 2000, Gisle Vanem wrote:

> IMHO bash should do as gcc does and use $TMP or $TEMP in such a case.

I agree.  Please suggest this to Mark Elbrecht, who ported Bash 2.03.

> Are you saying that bash *requires* a (full) djgpp installatin to work?

No, I'm saying that a DJGPP installation makes many subtle aspects to 
magically work.  Examples include INFOPATH setting for Info and Emacs, 
mirroring backslashes in PATH for Bash, etc.  TMPDIR is one of these 
aspects (Bash is not the only program that needs it).