On Fri, Dec 03, 2004 at 04:21:40PM -0500, B. Scott Smith wrote: >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?
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