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On TMP, TEMP... variables


I remember that there was some discussion on December[*] regarding these environment variables. The conclusion was, if I remember correctly, that Cygwin, by default, *does not set* them, like GNU/Linux systems.

Indeed my Windows installation sets them but Cygwin shows that they *are not*:

$ echo $TEMP

$ echo $TMP

$ echo $TMPDIR

Now in http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/setup-env.html I read:

"In addition to PATH, HOME, and LD_LIBRARY_PATH, there are three other environment variables which, if they exist in the Windows environment, are converted to UNIX format: TMPDIR, TMP, and TEMP[...] If set, these variables will be used by some Cygwin applications, possibly with unexpected results."

These words seem to contradict the above statement. So, how is the 'matter'?

TIA,
Angelo.

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[*] http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2009-12/msg00046.html

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