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Re: Environment variables
----- Original Message -----
From: "Enoch Wu" <ewu@eskimo.com>
To: "Robert Collins" <robert.collins@itdomain.com.au>
Cc: "Cygwin-Xfree List" <cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2001 2:49 PM
Subject: Re: Environment variables
> On Thu, Apr 12, 2001 at 12:57:55PM +1000, Robert Collins wrote:
> > I can't believe I missed this point: (Maybe because I'm home sick
with
> > all sorts of horrible symptoms - I shouldn't even be on the Net.)
>
> Are you just joking ;-)
>
No, during my working day I wouldn't normally have the time to do what
I've done today on cygwin.
> > If anyone here writes batch files that test for the OS, %OS%="" is
_NOT_
> > valid for win9x. At least one major Networking client sets %OS%
> > automatically on login (Novell).
>
> I might be Novell or our Sys Admin. All I know is that it is not in my
> autoexec.bat file.
Thats exactly the point: batch file writers need to cater for this.
Telling the users how to fix it is not the best way.
Rob