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Re: CYGWIN variable: impact of options under Win9x
- From: "Soren Andersen" <soren_andersen at speedymail dot org>
- To: "cygwin" <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2002 22:13:16 +0000
- Subject: Re: CYGWIN variable: impact of options under Win9x
- Reply-to: soren_andersen at speedymail dot org
On Tue, 19 Mar 2002 11:44:22 +0100, "Corinna Vinschen"
<cygwin@cygwin.com> said:
> On Tue, Mar 19, 2002 at 07:22:28AM +0000, Soren Andersen wrote:
> > Now I am looking at setting CYGWIN thus:
> > SET CYGWIN=export noenvcache glob:ignorecase title nostrip_title
> > winsymlinks tty
> > What sort of surprises or changes in behavior (that I might not have
> > realized were changeable behavior, i.e. things that I'd not taken heed
> > of until now) might I experience?
> The only dangerous one AFAICS is 'tty' which changes
> the way the console is handled. Impact is that native Win32 console
> apps could show some surprising effects.
Can you give an example? That's precisely what I am not clear on. WHICH
native console apps?
> > I am also keen on assuring myself that not mentioning "ntea" or "ntsec"
> > is fine; that those options would do nothing under Win98 anyway, and
>
> These are NT options. Forget them on 9x/Me.
Thank you Corinna, that's what I wanted to be sure of more than
anything.
Best,
Soren Andersen
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