Fossil SCM

Tweak descriptions of FOSSIL_USER, LOGNAME, USER, and USERNAME environment variables.

rberteig 2016-03-02 02:21 UTC ross-doc-env
Commit 809e80a1d9e9c59b2e9cc6ba9fadce33c2163b22
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variable found in the environment from the list `FOSSIL_HOME`,
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`LOCALAPPDATA` (Windows), `APPDATA` (Windows), `HOMEDRIVE` and
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`HOMEPATH` (Windows, used together), and `HOME` is used as the
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location of the `~/.fossil` file.
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-`FOSSIL_USER`: Name of the default user account if the local or global
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-`default-user` setting is not present. The first environment variable
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-found in the environment from the list `FOSSIL_USER`, `USERNAME`
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-(Windows), `USER`, and `LOGNAME` is the user name. If none of those
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-are set, then the default user name is "root".
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+`FOSSIL_USER`: Name of the default user account if the checkout, local
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+or global `default-user` setting is not present. The first environment
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+variable found in the environment from the list `FOSSIL_USER`, `USER`,
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+`LOGNAME`, and `USERNAME` is the user name. If none of those are set,
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+then the default user name is "root". See the discussion of Fossil
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+Username below for a lot more detail.
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`FOSSIL_TCL_PATH`: When Tcl stubs support is configured, point to a
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specific file or folder containing the version of Tcl to load at run
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time.
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environment variable found in the environment from the list
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`FOSSIL_HOME`, `LOCALAPPDATA` (Windows), `APPDATA` (Windows),
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`HOMEDRIVE` and `HOMEPATH` (Windows, used together), and `HOME` is
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used as the location of the `~/.fossil` file.
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-`LOGNAME`: Name of the default user account if the local or global
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-`default-user` setting is not present. The first environment variable
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-found in the environment from the list `FOSSIL_USER`, `USERNAME`
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-(Windows), `USER`, and `LOGNAME` is the user name. If none of those
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-are set, then the default user name is "root".
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+`LOGNAME`: Name of the logged in user on many Unix-like platforms.
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+Used as the fossil user name if `FOSSIL_USER` is not specified. See
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+the discussion of Fossil Username below for a lot more detail.
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`PATH`: Used by most platforms to locate programs invoked without a
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fully qualified name. Explicitly used by `fossil ui` on certain platforms
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to choose the browser to launch.
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directory (aka `.`) is the temporary folder.
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`TMPDIR`: Names the temporary file location to SQLite.
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-`USER`: Name of the default user account if the local or global
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-`default-user` setting is not present. The first environment variable
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-found in the environment from the list `FOSSIL_USER`, `USERNAME`
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-(Windows), `USER`, and `LOGNAME` is the user name. If none of those
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-are set, then the default user name is "root".
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-`USERNAME`: Name of the default user account if the local or global
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-`default-user` setting is not present. The first environment variable
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-found in the environment from the list `FOSSIL_USER`, `USERNAME`
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-(Windows), `USER`, and `LOGNAME` is the user name. If none of those
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-are set, then the default user name is "root".
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+`USER`: Name of the logged in user on many Unix-like platforms.
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+Used as the fossil user name if `FOSSIL_USER` is not specified. See
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+the discussion of Fossil Username below for a lot more detail.
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+`USERNAME`: Name of the logged in user on Windows platforms.
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+Used as the fossil user name if `FOSSIL_USER` is not specified. See
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+the discussion of Fossil Username below for a lot more detail.
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`USERPROFILE`: On Windows, the location of temporary files. The first
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environment variable found in the environment that names an existing
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directory from the list `TMP`, `TEMP`, `USERPROFILE`, the Windows
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directory (usually `C:\WINDOWS`), `TEMP`, `TMP`, and the current
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directory (aka `.`) is the temporary folder.
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`VISUAL`: Name the editor to use for check-in and stash comments.
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Overrides the `EDITOR` environment variable. Overridden by the local
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or global `editor` setting.
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Notes on Related Values
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--- www/env-opts.md
+++ www/env-opts.md
@@ -122,15 +122,16 @@
122 variable found in the environment from the list `FOSSIL_HOME`,
123 `LOCALAPPDATA` (Windows), `APPDATA` (Windows), `HOMEDRIVE` and
124 `HOMEPATH` (Windows, used together), and `HOME` is used as the
125 location of the `~/.fossil` file.
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127 `FOSSIL_USER`: Name of the default user account if the local or global
128 `default-user` setting is not present. The first environment variable
129 found in the environment from the list `FOSSIL_USER`, `USERNAME`
130 (Windows), `USER`, and `LOGNAME` is the user name. If none of those
131 are set, then the default user name is "root".
 
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133 `FOSSIL_TCL_PATH`: When Tcl stubs support is configured, point to a
134 specific file or folder containing the version of Tcl to load at run
135 time.
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@@ -166,15 +167,13 @@
166 environment variable found in the environment from the list
167 `FOSSIL_HOME`, `LOCALAPPDATA` (Windows), `APPDATA` (Windows),
168 `HOMEDRIVE` and `HOMEPATH` (Windows, used together), and `HOME` is
169 used as the location of the `~/.fossil` file.
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171 `LOGNAME`: Name of the default user account if the local or global
172 `default-user` setting is not present. The first environment variable
173 found in the environment from the list `FOSSIL_USER`, `USERNAME`
174 (Windows), `USER`, and `LOGNAME` is the user name. If none of those
175 are set, then the default user name is "root".
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177 `PATH`: Used by most platforms to locate programs invoked without a
178 fully qualified name. Explicitly used by `fossil ui` on certain platforms
179 to choose the browser to launch.
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241 directory (aka `.`) is the temporary folder.
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243 `TMPDIR`: Names the temporary file location to SQLite.
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246 `USER`: Name of the default user account if the local or global
247 `default-user` setting is not present. The first environment variable
248 found in the environment from the list `FOSSIL_USER`, `USERNAME`
249 (Windows), `USER`, and `LOGNAME` is the user name. If none of those
250 are set, then the default user name is "root".
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252 `USERNAME`: Name of the default user account if the local or global
253 `default-user` setting is not present. The first environment variable
254 found in the environment from the list `FOSSIL_USER`, `USERNAME`
255 (Windows), `USER`, and `LOGNAME` is the user name. If none of those
256 are set, then the default user name is "root".
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258 `USERPROFILE`: On Windows, the location of temporary files. The first
259 environment variable found in the environment that names an existing
260 directory from the list `TMP`, `TEMP`, `USERPROFILE`, the Windows
261 directory (usually `C:\WINDOWS`), `TEMP`, `TMP`, and the current
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262 directory (aka `.`) is the temporary folder.
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264 `VISUAL`: Name the editor to use for check-in and stash comments.
265 Overrides the `EDITOR` environment variable. Overridden by the local
266 or global `editor` setting.
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274 Notes on Related Values
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--- www/env-opts.md
+++ www/env-opts.md
@@ -122,15 +122,16 @@
122 variable found in the environment from the list `FOSSIL_HOME`,
123 `LOCALAPPDATA` (Windows), `APPDATA` (Windows), `HOMEDRIVE` and
124 `HOMEPATH` (Windows, used together), and `HOME` is used as the
125 location of the `~/.fossil` file.
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127 `FOSSIL_USER`: Name of the default user account if the checkout, local
128 or global `default-user` setting is not present. The first environment
129 variable found in the environment from the list `FOSSIL_USER`, `USER`,
130 `LOGNAME`, and `USERNAME` is the user name. If none of those are set,
131 then the default user name is "root". See the discussion of Fossil
132 Username below for a lot more detail.
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134 `FOSSIL_TCL_PATH`: When Tcl stubs support is configured, point to a
135 specific file or folder containing the version of Tcl to load at run
136 time.
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@@ -166,15 +167,13 @@
167 environment variable found in the environment from the list
168 `FOSSIL_HOME`, `LOCALAPPDATA` (Windows), `APPDATA` (Windows),
169 `HOMEDRIVE` and `HOMEPATH` (Windows, used together), and `HOME` is
170 used as the location of the `~/.fossil` file.
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172 `LOGNAME`: Name of the logged in user on many Unix-like platforms.
173 Used as the fossil user name if `FOSSIL_USER` is not specified. See
174 the discussion of Fossil Username below for a lot more detail.
 
 
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176 `PATH`: Used by most platforms to locate programs invoked without a
177 fully qualified name. Explicitly used by `fossil ui` on certain platforms
178 to choose the browser to launch.
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@@ -241,21 +240,17 @@
240 directory (aka `.`) is the temporary folder.
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242 `TMPDIR`: Names the temporary file location to SQLite.
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245 `USER`: Name of the logged in user on many Unix-like platforms.
246 Used as the fossil user name if `FOSSIL_USER` is not specified. See
247 the discussion of Fossil Username below for a lot more detail.
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249 `USERNAME`: Name of the logged in user on Windows platforms.
250 Used as the fossil user name if `FOSSIL_USER` is not specified. See
251 the discussion of Fossil Username below for a lot more detail.
 
 
 
 
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253 `USERPROFILE`: On Windows, the location of temporary files. The first
254 environment variable found in the environment that names an existing
255 directory from the list `TMP`, `TEMP`, `USERPROFILE`, the Windows
256 directory (usually `C:\WINDOWS`), `TEMP`, `TMP`, and the current
@@ -262,14 +257,10 @@
257 directory (aka `.`) is the temporary folder.
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259 `VISUAL`: Name the editor to use for check-in and stash comments.
260 Overrides the `EDITOR` environment variable. Overridden by the local
261 or global `editor` setting.
 
 
 
 
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265 Notes on Related Values
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