Mail Archives: cygwin/2010/03/03/13:41:59
On 3/3/2010 12:54 PM, Nellis, Kenneth wrote:
>> From: Larry Hall (Cygwin) [mailto:reply-to-list-only-lh <at> cygwin <dot> com]
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
<http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#PCYMTNQREAIYR>. Don't feed the spammers. And
actually, all of this header information is superfluous. It's better to
just delete it.
>> Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2010 17:23
>> To: cygwin <at> cygwin <dot> com
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Ditto.
>> Subject: Re: cygpath -AO
>>
>> On 3/3/2010 12:13 PM, Nellis, Kenneth wrote:
>>> $ cygpath -AO
>>> cygpath: failed to retrieve special folder path
>>
>> WJFFM. If you want to report a problem to the list, please see
>> the problem reporting guidelines found here:
>>
>> <http://cygwin.com/problems.html>
>
> With just -O, it correctly returns the path to My Documents, but All
> Users doesn't have a My Documents folder--instead has a Shared Documents
> folder--so I'm guessing that is what is tripping up cygpath.
>
> cygcheck.out attached.
Thanks. Still see no problem, even on XP (I first tried W7). Mine
returns the "Documents" folder for "All Users", which is what I would
expect. Perhaps you don't have one of these or don't have access. If
that's the case, the message you get is quite logical.
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A: Yes.
> Q: Are you sure?
>> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
>>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email?
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