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Billy O'Neal cf7e2f3906 Allow redirection of the downloads folder with an environment variable. (#4883)
* Add detection for VCPKG_DOWNLOADS environment variable in vcpkgpaths.cpp.

* Pass the downloads directory from VcpkgPaths to cmake.

* Also fixup bootstrap on *nix.

* Make error message a little prettier.

* Make that bash script actually work :)

* [vcpkg] Alter Optional<> usage style

* [vcpkg-docs] Add section on Environment Variables to the docs
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### Quick Start
Vcpkg helps you manage C and C++ libraries on Windows, Linux and MacOS. This tool and ecosystem are constantly evolving; your involvement are vital to its success!
### Examples
- [Installing and Using Packages Example: sqlite](examples/installing-and-using-packages.md)
- [Packaging Zipfiles Example: zlib](examples/packaging-zipfiles.md)
- [Packaging GitHub Repositories Example: libogg](examples/packaging-github-repos.md)
- [Patching Example: Patching libpng to work for x86-uwp](examples/patching.md)
### User Help
- [Integration with build systems](users/integration.md)
- [Triplet files](users/triplets.md)
- [Configuration and Environment](users/config-environment.md)
### Maintainer help
- [Control files](maintainers/control-files.md)
- [Portfile functions](maintainers/portfile-functions.md)
### Specifications
- [Export](specifications/export-command.md)
- [Feature Packages](specifications/feature-packages.md)
### Blog posts
- [Announcing a single C++ library manager for Linux, macOS and Windows: Vcpkg](https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/vcblog/2018/04/24/announcing-a-single-c-library-manager-for-linux-macos-and-windows-vcpkg/)
- [Vcpkg: Using multiple enlistments to handle multiple versions of a library](https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/vcblog/2017/10/23/vcpkg-using-multiple-enlistments/)
- [Vcpkg: introducing the export command](https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/vcblog/2017/05/03/vcpkg-introducing-export-command/)
- [Binary Compatibility and Pain-free Upgrade Why Moving to Visual Studio 2017 is almost "too easy"](https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/vcblog/2017/03/07/binary-compatibility-and-pain-free-upgrade-why-moving-to-visual-studio-2017-is-almost-too-easy/)
- [Vcpkg recent enhancements](https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/vcblog/2017/02/14/vcpkg-recent-enhancements/)
- [Vcpkg 3 Months Anniversary, Survey](https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/vcblog/2017/01/11/vcpkg-3-months-anniversary-survey/)
- [Vcpkg updates: Static linking is now available](https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/vcblog/2016/11/01/vcpkg-updates-static-linking-is-now-available/)
- [Vcpkg: a tool to acquire and build C++ open source libraries on Windows](https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/vcblog/2016/09/19/vcpkg-a-tool-to-acquire-and-build-c-open-source-libraries-on-windows/)
### Other
- [FAQ](about/faq.md)
- [Privacy](about/privacy.md)