CODEWITHSUNDEEP
cygwin
user773737
user773737

Reputation:

Deciphering this path

I'm trying to follow this guide in order to install or link to jdk in cygwin

I'm confused about how he wants me to get from my cygwin folder to my Downloads folder.

He says this:

ln -s /cygdrive/c/Users/yourname/Downloads downloads

In the path name for the download directory, replace c: with /cygdrive/c and all backslashes () with forward slashes (/).

So my cgywin directory is this: D:\cygwin

My path to downloads is this: C:\Users\Houseman\Downloads

I tried this path /D/C/Users/Houseman/Downloads, and C/Users/Houseman/Downloads but those didn't work.

How do I access my downloads folder, then?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 33

Answers (1)

Blender
Blender

Reputation: 298176

/cygdrive/c is literally the path /cygdrive/c. It's Cygwin's way of accessing the Windows partitions. Leave it the way it is and it'll work.

Upvotes: 2

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