X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.4 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED,FREEMAIL_FROM,KHOP_THREADED,NML_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,RP_MATCHES_RCVD,SPF_HELO_PASS,TW_YG X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com From: Thomas Deinhamer Subject: Re: $USER is not resolved in paths sometimes Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2013 13:22:08 +0100 Lines: 60 Message-ID: References: <20130223092432 DOT 2564 AT binki> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit User-Agent: Postbox 3.0.7 (Windows/20130120) In-Reply-To: <20130223092432.2564@binki> X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Hey, thank you both for your help. VirtualBox is installed via Windows, that's why I thought that the setting for "machinepath" needs to be a Windows-like path, no? Thanks, Thomas wynfield AT gmail DOT com schrieb: > I agree with Achim. Don't use Microsoft Windows paths. > Cygwin has a function called cygpath which is very handy to use to convert paths and use in zsh and other shell scripts > > In zsh, using zsh syntax, I use it like this: > > Convert the first argument to a micrsoft window format pathname > winpath=$(cygpath -w $1) > > or to convert a Windows formatted pathname to unix like do: > fname=$(cygpath -w ${windows-type-ifname}) > > a hardcoded filename would be > fname=$(cygpath -w ${C:\miscrosoft\windows-type-ifname.abc}) > > * you may need to quote the flename to escape : or \.... > > > > Thomas Deinhamer wrote: >> .... >> I'm new to Cygwin, new to this newsgroup too. ;) >> >> I'm running Cygwin and using the zsh shell. >> >> In the .zshrc file I got these lines: >> alias vboxmanage=VBoxManage >> vboxmanage setproperty machinefolder "C:\Users\$USER\VirtualBox VMs\" >> >> When I try to boot a VM using vagrant (which >> uses vboxmanage internally I think) sometimes >> $USER is not resolved to the real username. >> >> Instead vboxmanage creates a new machinefolder >> on C:/ which is then called "Users$USER" and >> inside this folder there is the folder "VirtualBox VMs", >> so the wrong path is "C:\Users$USER\VirtualBox VMs\". >> >> How could that be? Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. >> >> Do I need to escape the backslashes or is >> there anything else I need to take care of? >> >> I'm wondering why it only fails sometimes. >> >> Thanks a lot, >> Thomas > -- 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