TEMP=C:\TEMP
TMP=C:\TEMP
TMPDIR=C:/TEMP

That's not what TEMP should be set to, is it? I
thought it was usuallt set to C:\DOCUME~1\<user
name>\LOCALS~1\Temp, but I'll admit I haven't given it
much thought.

What should it be set to for Firebird to work
properly?

Yuliya

--- Alan McDonald <alan@...> wrote:

> > I got the following from the customer:
> >
> > *****
> > Problem identified - sort of.... I re-ran the
> install
> > one more time after the failed one this morning,
> this
> > time monitoring it with SysInternals "Process
> > Monitor".
> >
> > I happened to filter down the events to a point
> where
> > I could see the failed file access attempts, and
> > noticed the that it was trying to use a bogus
> > temporary directory under
> > "C:\WINNT\system32\YSTE~1\TEMP". If I create the
> > "YSTE~1\TEMP" subdirectory under the Windows
> directory
> > C:\WINNT\system32, the installation does indeed
> > succeed.
> >
> > I'm guessing the "YSTE~1" is an 8.3 name for
> system32,
> > but I don't know why it wouldn't just use the
> existing
> > system32 name itself. Can someone please comment?
> I
> > do not consider this issue resolved (just worked
> > around) until we understand why this is happening.
> > This may be an issue we'll hit on other systems in
> our
> > development environment.
> > *****
> >
> > I looked at the accompanying screenshot of the
> Process
> > Monitor; the file on which CreateFile fails is
> > C:\WINNT\system32\YSTE~1\TEMP\fb_152.lck Do you
> have
> > any insight as to why it can be happening? Our
> > software is installed on thousands of computers
> and
> > I've never seen this problem before.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Yuliya
>
> if you issue SET a the prompt - what do you see? is
> the temp variable set
> incorrectly?
> Alan
>
>
>
>
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