Re: [pgsql-hackers-win32] [BUGS] More SSL questions..
Tom Lane <[email protected]>
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"Magnus Hagander" <[email protected]> writes: > Tom also wrote: >> Now that I look at it, there are several places that are depending on >> getenv("HOME") or getenv("USERPROFILE") (on Windows) as the meaning of >> "home directory". In particular ~/.pgpass is sought there, and psql >> also uses get_home_path in a lot of places. >> Seems like we should be consistent about this --- either we trust >> $HOME or we don't. > Don't trust $HOME on win32. There is no such thing.It's set by Cygwin, > and it's set by the MingW shell, but it's not set by Windows. HOMEDRIVE, > HOMEPATH and HOMESHARE are set, but not HOME. > You can trust USERPROFILE in NT based OSes. Not sure about 9x. Using the > API above is a much nicer way of doing it. We are using $USERPROFILE, not $HOME, on Windows, but I think Magnus is right: we shouldn't be doing that at all. If I don't hear any objections soon, I'm going to replace get_home_path() with code that uses getpwuid (on Unix) or SHGetSpecialFolderPath (on Windows). regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs/FAQ.html