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Re: How to query the value of %SystemDrive% in an empty environment?

From: Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin at cygwin dot com>
To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
Date: Tue, 6 Aug 2019 17:53:08 +0200
Subject: Re: How to query the value of %SystemDrive% in an empty environment?
References: <089bb243-1dbb-048a-39aa-f54048a39e26@ssi-schaefer.com> <20190806154154.GR11632@calimero.vinschen.de> <CANV9t=Q4aJDndAeP4P3zKHGF91QRP0F8czqWTUevh+B3nsNVFw@mail.gmail.com>
Reply-to: cygwin at cygwin dot com

On Aug  6 09:47, Bill Stewart wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 6, 2019 at 9:42 AM Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> >
> > On Aug  6 17:20, Michael Haubenwallner wrote:
> > > Now what I've failed to find is how to query the value for the "SystemDrive"
> > > environment variable.
> >
> > Just strip it off SYSTEMROOT?
> 
> IIRC, that will not give the expected value if Windows is installed on
> a different drive.

How so?  SYSTEMDRIVE is the drive SYSTEMROOT is installed on, no?


Corinna

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