Date:	Fri, 2 Sep 94 12:54:38 EDT
From:	peprbv AT cfa0 DOT harvard DOT edu (Bob Babcock)
To:	ddw2 AT sunbim DOT be
Cc:	djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Subject:	Re: Bug in getenv() ?
Reply-To:	babcock AT cfa DOT harvard DOT edu

> watersm1> Using djgpp 1.11, getenv() behaves strangely when the environment 
> watersm1> variable contains spaces. eg
>      
> watersm1> set TMP = C:/TMP
>      
> watersm1> then getenv() returns C:/TMPMP
> 
> This might still be in 1.12. I noticed that a call to a prg failed
> because go32 could not get to c:/gcc/bin/emu3877. I had a blank after
> the = in my SET GO32 command.

If you do 
  SET TMP = C:/TMP
then getenv("TMP") should return NULL.  getenv("TMP ") should return
" C:/TMP".  The blanks are significant to DOS in both the variable name and
its value.  Of course, one can argue about whether it _should_ work this way.
Trailing blanks in the variable don't get trimmed either, so you might find
yourself looking for "c:/gcc/bin/ emu3877".

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