From: Wilfried Hennings <nospam AT fz-juelich DOT de>
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Subject: Re: getenv problem
Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2002 11:42:28 +0100
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"A. Sinan Unur" <asu1 AT c-o-r-n-e-l-l DOT edu> wrote:
> I posted the above code in response to another problem. After posting, I 
> noticed that the string getenv returns for TEMP does not match the value 
> of TEMP on my system. Typing set shows:
> 
> TEMP=C:\DOCUME~1\asu1\LOCALS~1\Temp
> TMP=C:\DOCUME~1\asu1\LOCALS~1\Temp
> 
> whereas getenv("TEMP") returns c:\windows\temp.
> 
> I am using XP Pro. I do have the v2.03 refresh distribution installed. 
> What might be the reason?

Right click on "My computer" on your desktop, then "properties",
"extended" (or what else is it in English? I have the German WinXP),
"environment variables". 
There I (logged in with admin rights) see two sets of variables:
User variables and system variables.
"TEMP=C:\DOCUME~1\asu1\LOCALS~1\Temp" comes from the user variables.
"TEMP=c:\windows\temp" comes from the system variables.
If I open a command prompt, I get the "user" temp.
But if the djgpp program opens a new process, what variables does this
get??? I don't know! And I myself would like to be a little bit more
enlighted in this respect...

Regards,

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