I remember running into something similar with git + RStudio lesson and I think that was related to how RStudio redefines some environmental variables on Windows.
--- Pariksheet Nanda PhD Candidate in Genetics and Genomics System Administrator, Storrs HPC Cluster University of Connecticut On Thu, Sep 13, 2018 at 9:38 AM Ashwin Srinath <[email protected]> wrote: > Raniere, > > Yes, I've had lots of issues similar to this one, where "~/Desktop" is > actually some other directory (not the Desktop that users "see" when they > log in). I don't know a good solution other than to ask them to keep this > folder open in a file manager. It's good to be prepared to deal with this > issue at each workshop. > > Thanks, > Ashwin > > On Thu, Sep 13, 2018 at 9:31 AM, Raniere Silva <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> I was teaching R yesterday and when running >> >> setwd(("~/Desktop")) >> >> the users of Windows went to "C:\Users\Foo\Documents\Desktop" instead of >> "C:\Users\Foo\Desktop". >> >> Did you see similar behaviour before? >> >> Cheers, >> Raniere >> > > *The Carpentries > <https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcarpentries.topicbox.com%2Flatest&data=02%7C01%7Cpariksheet.nanda%40uconn.edu%7Cb45e3669869a4334f5a308d6197e2e63%7C17f1a87e2a254eaab9df9d439034b080%7C0%7C0%7C636724427072271840&sdata=P%2F1zkgL0rYxKuS0ylskgNyCQU9oqBtuwYLhqDA9rlMA%3D&reserved=0>* > / discuss / see discussions > <https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcarpentries.topicbox.com%2Fgroups%2Fdiscuss&data=02%7C01%7Cpariksheet.nanda%40uconn.edu%7Cb45e3669869a4334f5a308d6197e2e63%7C17f1a87e2a254eaab9df9d439034b080%7C0%7C0%7C636724427072281849&sdata=SQbZnz4KvadQl02vyztr%2BfKSwHWXE3Y0rlSX%2FX4i8BA%3D&reserved=0> > + participants > <https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcarpentries.topicbox.com%2Fgroups%2Fdiscuss%2Fmembers&data=02%7C01%7Cpariksheet.nanda%40uconn.edu%7Cb45e3669869a4334f5a308d6197e2e63%7C17f1a87e2a254eaab9df9d439034b080%7C0%7C0%7C636724427072281849&sdata=FC9RNRc4BtuqATVctDCmjN2SR%2FWHdy94BpCffZm9wyA%3D&reserved=0> > + delivery options > <https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcarpentries.topicbox.com%2Fgroups%2Fdiscuss%2Fsubscription&data=02%7C01%7Cpariksheet.nanda%40uconn.edu%7Cb45e3669869a4334f5a308d6197e2e63%7C17f1a87e2a254eaab9df9d439034b080%7C0%7C0%7C636724427072291854&sdata=2D5diI5DTUYFSUBYNL%2FLd35uPot%2BP%2FGHQQQiHDyljuY%3D&reserved=0> > Permalink > <https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcarpentries.topicbox.com%2Fgroups%2Fdiscuss%2FTdeb023c3d8873d39-M8f468884d183709e14c15f77&data=02%7C01%7Cpariksheet.nanda%40uconn.edu%7Cb45e3669869a4334f5a308d6197e2e63%7C17f1a87e2a254eaab9df9d439034b080%7C0%7C0%7C636724427072291854&sdata=fQSb2pDLPAQzOOLTCw6C7KLi8KB95RforB1q7ihgFZQ%3D&reserved=0> > ------------------------------------------ The Carpentries: discuss Permalink: https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/Tdeb023c3d8873d39-M4627ac0fec1ec2749953a2cb Delivery options: https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/subscription
