Cygwin64 does not show my desktop directories

Takashi Yano takashi.yano@nifty.ne.jp
Wed Jul 19 09:15:10 GMT 2023


On Wed, 19 Jul 2023 11:52:31 +0300
Orit Heimer wrote:
> Hello to all,
> I am new to Cygwin64 and encountered a problem.
> I am using a Windows 10.
> I try to get cygwin64 to show my desktop directories.
> I use the following command to change to this directory:
> *cd /cygdrive/c/Users/Default/Desktop*
> But when I then use *ls* I get nothing.
> I suspect this is a permission problem, but I failed to overcome it.

The directory you cd'ed is not correct.
Use:
/cygdrive/c/Users/$USER/Desktop

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Takashi Yano <takashi.yano@nifty.ne.jp>


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