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Re: Launching Term
- From: Andrew Markebo <flognat at flognat dot myip dot org>
- To: "Robert Mark Bram" <relaxedrob at optushome dot com dot au>
- Cc: "XFree" <cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com>
- Date: 22 Mar 2002 12:41:14 +0100
- Subject: Re: Launching Term
- References: <AHENJAAPGAHKCFPLDPOJMEPLCBAA.relaxedrob@optushome.com.au>
/ "Robert Mark Bram" <relaxedrob@optushome.com.au> wrote:
| Thank you to Andy and Eugene for their help!
|
| >I think it should be (not "\"):
|
| >SET TERMCAP=/etc/termcap
| >SET TERMINFO=/lib/terminfo
| >set SHELL=/bin/bash.exe
| >set TERM=cygwin
|
| Well turn me purple, wrap me in a curtain and call me Garfield it works!!
|
| I thought the system translates directory separators but it turns out I was
| wrong for XFree - thanks for leading me true!
It is wrong for XFree, and wrong for Bash.. but there is a small
exception.. bash translates PATH, TMP and TEMP and maybe some
more.. if my memory doesn't fail me as usual.
/Andy
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