Links (shortcuts)

When you start up the Cygwin bash shell, its working directory will be /home/yourname. The directory where Windows programs save your files to will be something like C:\Documents and settings\yourname\My documents. If you want to work on files in that directory, you can cd over there each time you open Cygwin, with commands like

cd /cygdrive/c/My\ Documents/yourname

or

cd /cygdrive/c/Documents\ and\ settings/yourname/My\ documents

But that's a huge typing effort. Lazy people will probably want a to put link to their Windows file directory in their Cygwin home directory.

ln [-s] TARGET [LINK_NAME]

is the command they need. If you want such a link, make sure you are in your Cygwin home directory (cd ~), and give the following command:

ln -s /cygdrive/c/My\ Documents/yourname winfiledir

Don't forget the -s. Once you have typed /cygdrive/c/ you can use tab completion to type the pathname of your specific Windows file directory. If everything goes well, the command should produce a link in your Cygwin home directory, called winfiledir.

cd winfiledir

should change your working directory to your Windows file directory.


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