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| Title: | USG buildhelp questions/answers |
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| Moderator: | SMURF::FILTER |
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| Created: | Mon Apr 26 1993 |
| Last Modified: | Mon Jan 20 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 2763 |
| Total number of notes: | 5802 |
400.0. " workon messing up $HOME" by SMURF::FILTER (Automatic Posting Software - mail to flume::puck) Mon Nov 01 1993 12:44
Date Of Receipt: 1-NOV-1993 11:39:33.62
From: QUARRY::reeves "Jon Reeves"
To: odehelp@DEC:.zko.quarry
CC:
Subj: "workon" messing up $HOME
It appears that the "workon" command has started screwing up the $HOME
variable. It appears to set $HOME to the base of the sandbox source tree
after starting the shell.
This is a Bad Thing. First, because the shell has already started, you get
none of the "benefits" of resetting $HOME; a "cd" command with no arguments
will still send you to your real $HOME. Second, resetting $HOME is an
excellent way to make the user's .cshrc / .profile impossible to find, thus
rendering the "bsh" command much less useful.
In short, while having a variable point to the base of the sandbox sources
is a good idea, $HOME is a terrible choice for that variable. (The
existing SOURCEBASE seems to do just fine.)
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