Re: [boost] Attention Boosters - "My Documents"

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-12-13 18:05:35

"Peter Dimov" <pdimov_at_[hidden]> writes:

> Janek Kozicki wrote:
>
>> "To set current directory to your "My Documents" folder type:
>>
>>   cd %HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%
>>
>> this can be useful if you got lost in the directory tree"
>
> %HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH% is actually the parent of the default location of "My 
> Documents",
>
> C:\Documents and Settings\pdimov
>
> on this machine. I missed the "sibling" in Dave's text too on first reading. 

Well, according to info I just Googled up, %HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH% is
your "Documents and Settings" folder, but your "My Documents" folder
can actually be located elsewhere, even on a different drive.  So I
guess I'm dropping this part.

-- 
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
www.boost-consulting.com