>>> Cygwin is totally portable! You can simply copy the installation folder to >>> another PC, copy the shortcut (edit target if needed) and it will work.
>> How do you copy it? >> Which archive container do you use? I have been using this approach for years. To a new naked Windows box, if you can "mount" it over the network, e.g., map a drive letter to it, then you can use cygwin tools from an existing box with cygwin, to copy cygwin to the new. I usually use cygwin tar, but I think 'cp -a' will work. I think in the past, I have used robocopy. The key is the links and symlinks: normal Windows tools won't get them right. For upgrades, once cygwin is on both boxes, I always use tar. I've got this down to pretty much routine. I do it once or twice a year. I upgrade cygwin on one box, vet it for a few days, then upgrade several others. I untar into an empty dir, then use native cmd.exe 'move' to swap the dirs. Be sure to use 64-bit cygwin. The 32-bit used to work, but now and then I would have to fuss with "rebase". I have never had that problem with the 64-bit. --- Karl Botts, kdbo...@usa.net -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
