Re: [boost] Customer Friendlier Boost Installation

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-07-05 14:09:47

Andrey Melnikov <melnikov_at_[hidden]> writes:

> 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?

Yes.

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Dave Abrahams
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