Sender:	nate AT cartsys DOT com
Message-ID:	<35A6687B.661DBBFA@cartsys.com>
Date:	Fri, 10 Jul 1998 12:16:11 -0700
From:	Nate Eldredge <nate AT cartsys DOT com>
MIME-Version:	1.0
To:	"John M. Aldrich" <fighteer AT cs DOT com>
CC:	djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	Re: Compile gives Abort! error
References:	<6o005b$r$1 AT nnrp1 DOT dejanews DOT com> <35A442C3 DOT B06EDBF2 AT cs DOT com>

John M. Aldrich wrote:
> 
> yb01 AT my-dejanews DOT com wrote:
> >
> > I've checked the install to make sure everything is where its supposed to be.
> > I've run the Verify tool against my install, and that checks out too.
> >
> > My configuration:
> >
> > Compiler and related tools are installed in f:/djgpp, a read-only network
> > drive. My machine: PentiumII-266,64mb RAM, running NT4.  I open up a Command
> > Prompt to do my compiles.
> 
> You need to set the TMPDIR environment variable to point to a writable
> location.  By default, DJGPP will use f:/djgpp/tmp for the temp
> directory, which won't work since you say that f: is read-only.  TEMP
> and TMP aren't used by DJGPP.

I wonder: why not?  Seems to me we could just set TMPDIR to TEMP in
DJGPP.ENV.  Since DOS users have to have TEMP set reasonably anyhow,
that would save trouble of this kind.

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Nate Eldredge
nate AT cartsys DOT com

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