This is the mail archive of the
cygwin
mailing list for the Cygwin project.
Re: Environment variable documentation
On Dec 1 11:32, Ken Brown wrote:
> On 12/1/2009 4:45 AM, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> >On Nov 30 17:04, Ken Brown wrote:
> >>I would be willing to take a stab at writing a patch if the
> >>developers think this would be useful.
> >
> >That sounds like a nice idea.
>
> OK, my patch is attached. It anticipates the change to the default
> .bashrc file that we've been discussing in the thread cited above.
>
> Ken
> --- setup2.sgml.orig 2009-12-01 10:37:00.156250000 -0500
> +++ setup2.sgml 2009-12-01 11:29:53.562500000 -0500
> @@ -4,7 +4,9 @@
> You may wish to specify settings of several important environment
> variables that affect Cygwin's operation. Some of these settings need
> to be in effect prior to launching the initial Cygwin session (before
> -starting your bash shell, for instance), and are, consequentially, best
> +starting your bash shell, for instance). They should therefore be set
> +in the Windows environment; all Windows environment variables are
> +imported when Cygwin starts. Such settings can be
> placed in a .bat file. An initial file is named Cygwin.bat and is created
> in the Cygwin root directory that you specified during setup. Note that
> the "Cygwin" option of the Start Menu points to Cygwin.bat. Edit
> @@ -66,6 +68,21 @@
> <function>dlopen ()</function> call and do not need this variable.
> </para>
>
> +<para>
> +In addition to <envar>PATH</envar>, <envar>HOME</envar>,
> +and <envar>LD_LIBRARY_PATH</envar>, there are three other environment
> +variables which, if they exist in the Windows environment, are
> +converted to UNIX format: <envar>TMPDIR</envar>, <envar>TMP</envar>,
> +and <envar>TEMP</envar>. The first is not set by default in the
> +Windows environment but the other two are, and they point to the
> +default Windows temporary directory. If set, these variables will be
> +used by some Cygwin applications, possibly with unexpected results.
> +They are therefore unset in the default <filename>.bashrc</filename>
> +file (<filename>/etc/defaults/etc/skel/.bashrc</filename>). You may
> +prefer to set them to point to <filename>/tmp</filename> or to any
> +other temporary directory of your choice.
> +</para>
> +
> </sect1>
>
> <sect1 id="setup-maxmem"><title>Changing Cygwin's Maximum Memory</title>
>
Looks good. Thanks for doing this. Let's just wait until the .bashrc
related thread settled down to a conclusion.
Corinna
--
Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to
Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Red Hat
--
Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html
FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html
Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple