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Re: Delete /var/log/setup.log.postinstall* ??
- From: Larry Hall <cygwin-lh at cygwin dot com>
- To: bse2000 at gmx dot de, cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2004 18:01:54 -0400
- Subject: Re: Delete /var/log/setup.log.postinstall* ??
- References: <26794.1088114030@www46.gmx.net>
- Reply-to: Cygwin List <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
At 05:53 PM 6/24/2004, you wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I have a setup.log.postinstall* file that is >1GB big.
>Since I'm running out of space, what happens if I delete this file?
>Is it save? Why is it so big?
>
>Thanks for any hints
It's a log file for the output of the postinstall scripts that each
package has. It's supposed to be deleted by default. Maybe if
you had trouble while running 'setup' last time and it couldn't
finish. In that case, it would get left behind. You can delete it.
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