Re: [boost] Customer Friendlier Boost Installation

From: Andrey Melnikov (melnikov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-07-05 11:45:28

Johan Nilsson wrote:
> 
> "David Abrahams" <dave_at_[hidden]> wrote in message 
> news:upsvdfl14.fsf_at_boost-consulting.com...
> 
>> "Arkadiy Vertleyb" <vertleyb_at_[hidden]> writes:
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>>> 3) What is my $HOME directory?  The boost-sandbox\libs\typeof\doc?
>>
>>
>> Sorry, that was a Unix-ism.  Just
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>>       set HOME=%HOMEPATH%
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> 
> Actually, I think that this should be:
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> set HOME=%HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%
> 
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>> and it will be in c:\Documents and Settings\<your-user-name>
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> 
> For me, it's actually "d:\users\jni" - but normally it defaults to be 
> the above. I usally change the user settings to have my home path 
> somewhere else.
> 
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>> We ought to change it so it uses %HOMEPATH% instead of %HOME% by
>> default, on Windows.

I have both HOME, HOMEPATH and HOMEDRIVE. Is HOME non-standard on Windows?

Andrey