[R] Error with 1.9.0 - Invalid HOMEDRIVE

[Prof Brian Ripley]

To confirm, in 1.9.0 you get a message about HOMEDRIVE when HOME is set?
(That can only happen if HOME is being ignored by getenv.)

On Fri, 23 Apr 2004, Brett Melbourne wrote:

> I believe I have the right settings now (SET dump follows), and both 1.9.0
> and 1.8.1 still fail to start as before. I have tried also setting
> HOMEPATH=\ and HOMEPATH=\Documents and Settings\melbourne.
> 
> Let me know if I can gather any other useful info.
> Brett
> 
> 
> C:\WINDOWS\system32>set
> ALLUSERSPROFILE=C:\Documents and Settings\All Users
> APPDATA=C:\Documents and Settings\melbourne\Application Data
> CommonProgramFiles=C:\Program Files\Common Files
> COMPUTERNAME=CAVIAR
> ComSpec=C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe
> HOME=C:\
> HOMEDRIVE=C:
> HOMESHARE=\\desnet\melbourne
> include=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VC98\atl\include;C:\Program
> Fil
> es\Microsoft Visual Studio\VC98\mfc\include;C:\Program Files\Microsoft
> Visual St
> udio\VC98\include
> lib=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VC98\mfc\lib;C:\Program
> Files\Micro
> soft Visual Studio\VC98\lib
> LOGONSERVER=\\CAYENNE
> MSDevDir=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Common\MSDev98
> NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS=1
> OS=Windows_NT
> Path=C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;C:\PROGRAM
> FILES\TH
> INKPAD\UTILITIES;C:\Program
> Files\Hummingbird\Connectivity\7.10\Accessories\;C:\
> Program Files\ATI Technologies\ATI Control Panel;C:\Program Files\Microsoft
> Visu
> al Studio\Common\Tools\WinNT;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual
> Studio\Common\MSD
> ev98\Bin;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Common\Tools;C:\Program
> Files\
> Microsoft Visual Studio\VC98\bin;C:\PROGRA~1\INSIGH~1\splus61\cmd
> PATHEXT=.COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD;.VBS;.VBE;.JS;.JSE;.WSF;.WSH
> PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE=x86
> PROCESSOR_IDENTIFIER=x86 Family 15 Model 2 Stepping 4, GenuineIntel
> PROCESSOR_LEVEL=15
> PROCESSOR_REVISION=0204
> ProgramFiles=C:\Program Files
> PROMPT=$P$G
> SESSIONNAME=Console
> SystemDrive=C:
> SystemRoot=C:\WINDOWS
> TEMP=C:\DOCUME~1\MELBOU~1\LOCALS~1\Temp
> TMP=C:\DOCUME~1\MELBOU~1\LOCALS~1\Temp
> USERDNSDOMAIN=DES.UCDAVIS.EDU
> USERDOMAIN=DES
> USERNAME=melbourne
> USERPROFILE=C:\Documents and Settings\melbourne
> windir=C:\WINDOWS
> 
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