Hi all,
Version: CYGWIN_NT-5.0 -- 1.5.12(0.116/4/2) -- i686 unknown unknown Cygwin
I set the TERM environment variable in my application by calling setenv(). A subsequent call to getenv("TERM") yields the expected value. However, after performing a fork(), the call to getenv("TERM") returns "cygwin". This is the case for both the parent and the child.
-- I have found a big clue. If I set the TERM variable in the Windows environment prior to running my program (it can be set to anything at all), it works as expected.
Any ideas?
Thanks ------ Code snippet:
setenv("TERM", "ansi", 1);
/* ... blah, blah, ... */
printf("TERM is: %s\n", getenv("TERM")); /* prints "ansi" as expected */
int i = fork();
if (i < 0)
printf("Bad Business...");
else if ( i > 0 )
printf("parent TERM is: %s\n", getenv("TERM")); /* prints "cygwin" */
else
printf("child TERM is: %s\n", getenv("TERM")); /* prints "cygwin" */
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