From: Hans-Bernhard Broeker <broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>
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Subject: Re: Using $(HOME) in makefile
Date: 5 Jul 2000 18:02:54 GMT
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Jeff Williams <jeffw AT darwin DOT sfbr DOT org> wrote:

> But I neglected to say that whatever value HOME has for `make',
> it should (ideally) be understood by any program that uses HOME to
> find its startup files (e.g., gnuplot, vim, elvis).  These do not
> understand `/dev/c'; `c:' is usually understood as a relative path;
> and `c:/' will choke any program expecting DOS-style backslashes.

There's always still the choice to set up HOME as an environment
variable with backslashes, and reverse the slashes for all or
particular DJGPP-compiled ones in djgpp.env, just like it's done with
%DJGPP% or %DJDIR%, too.

OTOH, I'd expect most programs using $HOME at all to be able to cope
with Unix-style slashes, too --- it's a Unix-style environment
variable, after all.
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Hans-Bernhard Broeker (broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de)
Even if all the snow were burnt, ashes would remain.