On Dec 1 08:12, Ken Brown wrote: > On 12/1/2009 5:44 AM, John Morrison wrote: > >They don't get 'reset' to the windows default... but then, I've not really > >been following this thread. Is that what's wanted? > > No, they're not expected to get reset. > > >Also, $PATCH and $TMPDIR weren't defined on my system anyway... > > The discussion about "patch" referred to the program /usr/bin/patch, > not to an environment variable. > > TMPDIR is apparently not defined by default in the Windows > environment, so it will usually be undefined unless the user has > defined it. I think it should therefore be left alone. > > The proposal, then, is simply to unset TMP and TEMP in the skel > .bashrc file. There should be some sort of comment for the sake of > users who want those variables to be set for whatever reason. > Here's one possibility, but it may be a little too verbose: > > # TMP and TEMP are defined in the Windows environment. Leaving > # them set to the default Windows temporary directory can have > # unexpected consequences. > unset TMP > unset TEMP > > # Alternatively, set them to the Cygwin temporary directory > # export TMP=/tmp > # export TEMP=/tmp > > # Or use TMPDIR instead > # export TMPDIR=/tmp
Thanks Ken, that looks good and it isn't too verbose. I would even go a tiny step further and add that you can use any other temporary directory: [...] # Alternatively, set them to the Cygwin temporary directory # or to any other tmp directory of your choice # export TMP=/tmp # export TEMP=/tmp Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat -- 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
