Re: Is there a script to remove old packages from local disk

[Dave Korn <dave dot korn dot cygwin at googlemail dot com>]

Fergus wrote:
>> Are you paying attention?  It can be cleaned up by:
>> rm -rf "/h/my name/cygnus solutions/*"
>> Yes, yes.  I know. Your internet connection is only 1 byte per second
>> so you desperately need to keep useless files around on disk for when
>> you accidentally type rm -rf /bin.
> 
> For Goodness sake. There really is nothing you enjoy more than
> admonishing people is there,
> in that famously sarcastic and superior manner.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhetoric

  Sarcasm, hyperbole and exaggeration are pretty standard rhetorical
techniques.  I think it's hard to justify inferring from the outwardly
observable fact of someone's preferred writing style to an assumption about
their inner mental state and motivation - an intent to mount a personal attack
- which can't be so directly observed.

    cheers,
      DaveK