[tex-live] dates

[Zdenek Wagner]

2007/1/23, Robin Fairbairns <Robin.Fairbairns at cl.cam.ac.uk>:
> Philip & Le Khanh <Philip-and-LeKhanh at Royal-Tunbridge-Wells.Org> wrote:
>

> > > As I wrote several times, HOME is not set in Windows and/or can be
> > > differently interpreted on different Windows versions.
> >
> > For XP/PRO, the following pair seem to be what is needed :
> >
> >       HOMEDRIVE=C:
> >       HOMEPATH=\Documents and Settings\Administrator
>
> itym, for *your* xp/pro, when you're logged-in as "administrator".
>
> i have
>
>       homedrive=h:
>       homepath=\
>
> (and, fwiw, homeshare pointing to the path associated with h:)
>
In my Win 2000:
HOMEDRIVE=C:
HOMEPATH=\Documents and Settings\wagner

I can examine Win98 and WinXP Home at home at around midnight
(although I am not Win devotee).

> i doubt those variables _are_ available in all win32 systems, but i've
> none other here (though i could sneak a login on one of the experimental
> vista machines ... my machine isn't man enough for vista).
>


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