Sv: TMP/TEMP environment variable and /tmp

Andrey Repin anrdaemon@yandex.ru
Sun Sep 20 07:20:22 GMT 2020


Greetings, Kristian Ivarsson via Cygwin!

> If the user sets its TMP-variable to "C:\Jabba Dabba Dooo" or "/jabba dabba
> doo", I expect the value of getenv("TMP") should be just that and regardless
> of OS the value returned is whatever the variable is set to and not magically changed to "/tmp"

That's how it works. It's just that Cygwin provides /tmp aliasing as a mount
point option for a better usage experience.

See /etc/fstab - the usertemp FS pseudotype.

I.e.
none /tmp usertemp binary,nouser,posix=1 0 0

If yo have a different TMP (than TEMP), check your shell startup for any
redefinitions.


-- 
With best regards,
Andrey Repin
Sunday, September 20, 2020 10:16:54

Sorry for my terrible english...



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