Help Understanding Path Issue

[mwoehlke]

Igor Peshansky wrote:
> On Fri, 30 Jun 2006, mwoehlke wrote:
>> Igor Peshansky wrote:
>>> On Thu, 29 Jun 2006, mwoehlke wrote:
>>>> Igor Peshansky wrote:
>>>>> Actually, the list of variables automatically translated by Cygwin was
>>>>> posted here at some point (it may even be in the FAQ).  At the very
>>>>> least it's PATH, HOME, and LD_LIBRARY_PATH, but there may be others.
>>>> LD_LIBRARY_PATH? Since when does Windows have any clue what to do with
>>>> *that*? (Or it it folded into PATH?)
>>> Hmm...  [Digs into the sources]...  Yep, here's the full list as of today:
>>> PATH, HOME, LD_LIBRARY_PATH (yes!), TMPDIR, TMP, TEMP.  And no,
>>> LD_LIBRARY_PATH is not folded into PATH.  And don't ask me why it gets
>>> converted...
>> Ok, I won't... but at least my confusion is shared. I feel better now. :-)
> 
> As Corinna said, the ChangeLogs speak for themselves.  See the entry for
> 2005-05-21 in src/winsup/cygwin.
> 	Igor

hmm... get_full_path_of_dll()... that being a Cygwin function (unless 
Google has lost it), why would this ever need to be in non-POSIX format?

...Still confused. :-)

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Matthew
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