On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 12:11 PM, Dave Korn <dave.korn.cyg...@googlemail.com> wrote: > Ken Brown wrote: >> On 11/30/2009 11:23 AM, Robert Pendell wrote: > >>> I guess a side question here is if TMP does not exist then should it >>> be defaulting to the system wide TEMP variable, the one defined in >>> .bashrc for the user or should it even be created at all? I posted an >>> strace and it shows TEMP set to /tmp but patch still uses TMP instead >>> and since TMP doesn't exist it looks like cygwin sets TMP to the >>> system wide one by default. >> >> Are you sure TMP doesn't exist? On my system TMP is set in the Windows >> environment. Cygwin just takes that variable and converts the filename >> to Unix format. So unless you unset TMP somewhere in your startup >> files, TMP will exist (at least in XP; I don't have experience with >> other systems). > > I think this is the nub of it. On posix systems the /tmp dir is a vital > system directory, and cygwin should not import the windows version of it, > because unlike the real /tmp dir it won't have been created with the right > posix perms by setup.exe. > > cheers, > DaveK >
Is there a reason for not using the cygwin /tmp folder by default? Sorry but I am trying to scratch a curiosity itch at this point. Robert Pendell shi...@elite-systems.org CAcert Assurer "A perfect world is one of chaos." -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
