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Re: POSIX->Windows conversion for vars other than PATH, etc?
- From: Christopher Faylor <cgf-use-the-mailinglist-please at cygwin dot com>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 12:46:15 -0500
- Subject: Re: POSIX->Windows conversion for vars other than PATH, etc?
- References: <eqq8nj$l6k$1@sea.gmane.org>
- Reply-to: cygwin at cygwin dot com
On Mon, Feb 12, 2007 at 11:38:59AM -0600, Matthew Woehlke wrote:
>...is there a way to tell Cygwin that variables other than PATH, etc
>(i.e. arbitrary, user-specified variables) should be converted from
>POSIX format to Windows format when spawning a non-POSIX application?
>
>If not, would it be acceptable to add such a feature if I were to submit
>a patch for it?
This has come up repeatedly over the years. I'm not a fan of adding a
slowdown to an already slow part of cygwin, so, no, I don't think it
would be acceptable.
cgf
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