standalone cygwin programs that use "/tmp" don't work
Corinna Vinschen
corinna-cygwin@cygwin.com
Tue Aug 13 04:36:00 GMT 2002
On Tue, Aug 13, 2002 at 04:28:43PM +1200, John R. McPherson wrote:
> Our windows distribution includes these binaries as well as cygwin1.dll.
Do you distribute also the source code of the Cygwin version you're
using according to the Cygwin license?
> Other than forcing users to create a "X:\\tmp" directory (or doing this
> during installation) or modifying the source code for these 3rd-party
> packages, is there any way to get the dll to use windows's %TEMP%
> or %TMPDIR% environment variables?
No. These functions are implemented according to POSIX standards.
If you need other paths you'll have to change the sources.
Corinna
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