GNU bug report logs - #6115
64 bit windows environment variables

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: "RICHARD M. HEIBERGER" <rmh <at> temple.edu>

Date: Wed, 5 May 2010 19:42:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #8 received at 6115 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Juanma Barranquero <lekktu <at> gmail.com>
To: "RICHARD M. HEIBERGER" <rmh <at> temple.edu>
Cc: 6115 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, ess-core <at> stat.math.ethz.ch
Subject: Re: bug#6115: 64 bit windows environment variables
Date: Thu, 6 May 2010 12:23:38 +0200

On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 21:29, RICHARD M. HEIBERGER <rmh <at> temple.edu> wrote:

> c:\>echo %ProgramFiles%
> C:\Program Files

> (getenv "ProgramFiles")
> "C:\\Program Files (x86)"

The variable ProgramFiles points to the right application directory
for the current application. On a 64-bit Windows, for a 64-bit app
(like cmd.exe), that's "C:\Program Files"; for a 32-bit app (like
Emacs), that's "C:\Program Files (x86)".

So nothing wrong here.

    Juanma
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