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Re: the directory named TEMP or TMP



Hi!

--- Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de> wrote:
> Cygwin itself doesn't need /tmp (nor does it ever
> need it) but many
> UNIX tools need it. Bash for example still warns the
> user if it can't
> find /tmp.
> 
> However, if you use the current setup tool, it
> creates /tmp by itself.


I have a somewhat related problem:
Given: Unix program ported/crosscompiled with cygwin to run under Win.
-> Executable + cygwin1.dll on target machine, _no_ full cygwin
environment.
However unix code uses "tmpnam" for temp filename.
Creation of returned file "/tmp/whatever" fails...

I think this is no miracle, since there's no full cygwin enviroment,
so where should /tmp files go to ?

Options:
- Edit unix sources on all places with tmpnam
Not a good idea...
- Patch Cygwin somewhere so propor filenames are returned.
Don't like that either.
- Maybe this is setupable with a enviroment var ?
I have to assume the end users are too dumb to do this every time :/

- There's some magic to fix this better...
Now that would be nice :)

Hints greatly appreciated.....

Regards,
Martin


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