Re: vimdiff noob question

On Wednesday, June 11, 2014 2:33:57 PM UTC-5, wolfv wrote:
> From Command Prompt:
> C:\Users\wolf\My Documents>gvim -N -u NONE -U NONE -i NONE -O a.txt b.txt
> This message pops up:
> Location is not available
> C:\Users\wolf\My Documents is not accessible.
> Access is denied.
> I click the "OK" button.

I think this is the problem!

You're using a Windows Vista or higher, right?

If so, "My Documents" isn't a real location. The actual disk location is just
Documents. Not all programs can use the fake "My Documents". For example, even
cmd.exe itself doesn't handle "My Documents" properly! Example:

C:\Users\Ben>cd "My Documents"

C:\Users\Ben\My Documents>dir
Volume in drive C has no label.
Volume Serial Number is C8FF-79BB

Directory of C:\Users\Ben\My Documents

File Not Found

C:\Users\Ben\My Documents>cd ..\Documents

C:\Users\Ben\Documents>dir
Volume in drive C has no label.
Volume Serial Number is C8FF-79BB

Directory of C:\Users\Ben\Documents

02/03/2014 01:34 AM <DIR> .
02/03/2014 01:34 AM <DIR> ..


Can you use vimdiff, from C:\Users\wolf\Documents (rather than My Documents)?

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