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RE: The $TEMP env var


From: Jim.Hyslop
Subject: RE: The $TEMP env var
Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2004 11:55:16 -0400

Aside - why is the mail server making this the from address:
> From: bug-cvs-bounces+jim.hyslop=leitch.com@gnu.org
> [mailto:bug-cvs-bounces+jim.hyslop=leitch.com@gnu.org]On 
> Behalf Of Derek
> Robert Price

It used to be much simpler.

In any case, Derek wrote:

> Anyone know why $TEMP is mentioned in the manual?  I can't find any
> reference to it in the source.  Just $TMPDIR, or $TMP on Windows.
Possibly because of legacy - way back in the days of MS-DOS, there was no
real agreement on whether the environment variable should be TEMP or TMP. As
a result, applications had to check both variables to find the temp
directory.

Nowadays, the standard on Windows XP is to use provide variables. They
default to the same value, but it is possible to modify them so they have
different values.

-- 
Jim Hyslop
Senior Software Designer
Leitch Technology International Inc. (http://www.leitch.com)
Columnist, C/C++ Users Journal (http://www.cuj.com/experts)




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