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Re: The $TEMP env var
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Derek Robert Price |
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Re: The $TEMP env var |
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Tue, 06 Apr 2004 13:25:12 -0400 |
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Jim.Hyslop wrote:
>Aside - why is the mail server making this the from address:
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>>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
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>It used to be much simpler.
I'm not seeing that behavior in any of hte messages showing up on bug-cvs.
>In any case, Derek wrote:
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>>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.
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>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.
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>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.
What's a "provide variable"?
Derek
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