Re: [Mingw-users] Environment Variables translated to Upper Case Equivalents

[Earnie <ea...@us...>]

> From: Roger Mitchell
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to use the bash shell supplied with MinGW/MSYS, but I'm
finding that
> often environment variables (e.g. red_something) are translated to 
> their
upper
> case equivalent (i.e. RED_SOMETHING). We have binary executables that 
> are called from the shell that require the variables to be defined in 
> lower
case (a
> hangover from UNIX days).
> 
> I notice that CYGWIN allows the user to set a flag "nouppercase_env" 
> for
the
> CYGWIN to control this behaviour. Is there an equivalent flag that can 
> be
used
> with MinGW/MSYS?
> 

You could create a script to create the lower case version and remove the
upper case version.  Then source that script from your ~/.profile file.

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Earnie