X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=2.6 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,BOTNET,DATE_IN_FUTURE_03_06 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-id: <4B8EF3B1.2010907@cygwin.com> Date: Wed, 03 Mar 2010 18:41:37 -0500 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-to: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.21) Gecko/20090320 Remi/2.0.0.21-1.fc8.remi Lightning/0.9 Thunderbird/2.0.0.21 Mnenhy/0.7.5.0 MIME-version: 1.0 To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: cygpath -AO References: <4B8EE145 DOT 8060609 AT cygwin DOT com> <2BF01EB27B56CC478AD6E5A0A28931F2B88857 AT A1DAL1SWPES19MB DOT ams DOT acs-inc DOT net> In-reply-to: <2BF01EB27B56CC478AD6E5A0A28931F2B88857@A1DAL1SWPES19MB.ams.acs-inc.net> Content-type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com On 3/3/2010 12:54 PM, Nellis, Kenneth wrote: >> From: Larry Hall (Cygwin) [mailto:reply-to-list-only-lh cygwin com] ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ . 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 cygwin 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: >> >> > > 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. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple