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Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2002 12:48:02 +0200
From: Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
To: "John R. McPherson" <jrm21 AT cs DOT waikato DOT ac DOT nz>
Cc: cygwin <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: Re: standalone cygwin programs that use "/tmp" don't work
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On Tue, Aug 13, 2002 at 04:28:43PM +1200, John R. McPherson wrote:
> Our windows distribution includes these binaries as well as cygwin1.dll.

Do you distribute also the source code of the Cygwin version you're
using according to the Cygwin license?

> Other than forcing users to create a "X:\\tmp" directory (or doing this
> during installation) or modifying the source code for these 3rd-party
> packages, is there any way to get the dll to use windows's %TEMP%
> or %TMPDIR% environment variables?

No.  These functions are implemented according to POSIX standards.
If you need other paths you'll have to change the sources.

Corinna

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