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Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1998 10:34:02
To: "John M. Aldrich" <fighteer AT cs DOT net>
From: Ralph Proctor <ralphgpr AT shadow DOT net>
Subject: Re: How to locate djgpp.env?
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At 07:06 PM 8/28/98 -0400, you wrote:

>I wouldn't try.  If the user's installation is broken, your program
>should at _best_ recommend a fix, but I wouldn't even have it try to
>make any changes unless the basics are working.  If a user can't get
>DJGPP installed properly, the very last thing he or she should be doing
>is fooling with 'djgpp.env'.

Hello John: I see your concern about messing around with the DJGPP.ENV
file, but there is one change I have been making for a long time with
apparently no ill effects and I wish you would correct me if I am doing
something wrong.

I changed:

+TMPDIR=%DJDIR%/tmp

to

+TMPDIR=D:/      	[D:/ is a ramdrive]

I only did this because it "SEEMS RIGHT". I think I read somewhere that
DJGPP.ENV in this case ignores this line anyway if you have a tmpdir
allocated in your autoexec.bat file. But I just changed the line to be sure.
Would you comment on this?

DJVERIFY shows me that my tmpdir works just fine when I compile the test
file. Also my compiles work as expected.

Thanks,

Ralph