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Re: Is it okay to delete Cygwin (mirror) download directories?
- From: Jens Schweikhardt <schweikh at schweikhardt dot net>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Sun, 8 May 2011 08:23:50 +0200
- Subject: Re: Is it okay to delete Cygwin (mirror) download directories?
- References: <iq4oaf$8kk$1@dough.gmane.org>
On Sun, May 08, 2011 at 01:32:12AM +0100, Olumide wrote:
...
# Now I'm running out of HD space I'm looking to reclaim some of that
# space. Is it okay to delete some or all of these directories? I'm
# concerned that the Cygwin setup program uses one of these folders to
# determine what programs I've currently got installed.
That's recorded in /etc/setup/installed.db which you can inspect with a
text editor.
Regards,
Jens
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