From: Richard Dawe <rich AT phekda DOT freeserve DOT co DOT uk>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Handling of TMPDIR, TEMP by various DJGPP programs
Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2003 08:49:11 +0000
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"MURPHY, Jeremy W" wrote:
> 
> Richard Dawe (rich AT phekda DOT freeserve DOT co DOT uk) wrote:
[snip]
> : I don't think it is translating /all/ environment variables - it's just
> : bash 2.04 translating a select few. Solution 1: don't use bash 2.04.
> : Solution 2: make your program cope with both directions of slash.
> 
> Mmmm... if not bash, then what?

bash 2.04 does. bash 2.05 doesn't. bash 2.05 is available from the DJGPP 2.04
testing page:

    http://clio.rice.edu/djgpp/win2k/main_204.htm

There are no packages of bash 2.05 on Simtel.NET, because it only builds with
DJGPP CVS (what will become DJGPP 2.04).

> I don't want to have to accomodate both slashes, I want bash to just act
> normal, so that simple programs written by everyone else for UNIX will run
> ok!  Is it planned to change this slash translation behaviour or is it
> here to stay?

I don't know if this will be fix. Try asking the DJGPP port maintainer for
bash. (You can get his e-mail address from manifest/bsh204b.dsm in the DJGPP
directory.)

Regards,

-- 
Richard Dawe [ http://www.phekda.freeserve.co.uk/richdawe/ ]