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From: aschwarz1309@att.net
To: cygwin@cygwin.com, fergus@bonhard.uklinux.net
Subject: Re: Moving to the Desktop
Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 12:41:00 +0000
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'cygpath -d' returns a Dos path. If you are executing in a Cygwin shell you should retrieve a Unix path. Try:

cygpath -u <dos or windows address>

However, to be generic (your question) you have to give cygpath the path to the Desktop - which was your original question. In Win200x, WinXP, and I think WinNT, the desktop is user specific, and not global to all user's. To get the path:


    /cygdrive/c/Documents\ and\ Settings/<user account name>/Desktop/

If it's for the current Cygwin user, try:

    /cygdrive/c/Documents\ and\ Settings/`whoami`/Desktop/

Change '/cygdrive/c' to represent the actual drive containing 'Documents\ and\ Settings'.

art

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