TMP and TEMP get redefined, but I need the original values

[Roland Bluethgen]

Thorsten Kampe wrote:
> * Roland Bluethgen (Sun, 12 Jun 2011 23:01:12 +0200)
> 
> TMP in Cygwin is "user-crafted"? TMP in Windows? TMP in your script?

TMP in Windows.


>> Also, this approach would defeat the intended purpose of the 
>> redefinition of TMP (avoiding permissions screwup). Or am I missing 
>> something here?
> 
> If you're the only Cygwin user on your machine, this is a reasonable 
> way. Otherwise not.

You mean, the permissions problem only surfaces on machines, where 
multiple users use the same cygwin install? Ok, I'll consider that.

For now I resorted to copying the TEMP value to WINDOWS_TEMP on the 
native Windows side already, and then refer to that backup from the 
script in question.


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