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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:
>>
>>> 3) What is my $HOME directory? The boost-sandbox\libs\typeof\doc?
>>
>>
>> Sorry, that was a Unix-ism. Just
>>
>> set HOME=%HOMEPATH%
>
>
> Actually, I think that this should be:
>
> set HOME=%HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%
>
>>
>> and it will be in c:\Documents and Settings\<your-user-name>
>
>
> 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.
>
>>
>> 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


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