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bobby_2010 sent the following at Friday, September 17, 2010 4:19 AM
>hi, i am trying to completely delete cygwin from my system, as it is
>taking up too much hard disk space. i followed the instructions at
>the cygwin.com FAQ by first removing any subscribed services. this
>worked fine. then, i wen
er help: the directory is not
empty'.
should i delete these 2? and any other such warnings thereafter? thanks.
bobby
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On 19 May 2006 15:20, Porfirio Ribeiro wrote:
> Hi.
>
> I am having a problem to remove the cygwin folder, it delete most files
> but mail in some!
> Looks like i dont have permitions to remove the folders :s
>
> I tryed to Chmod it, but it says that it cant change permission!
>
> So is there a
I am having a problem to remove the cygwin folder, it delete most files
but mail in some!
Looks like i dont have permitions to remove the folders :s
I tryed to Chmod it, but it says that it cant change permission!
So is there any other way to remove the folder and subfolders\files (
other than f
Hi.
I am having a problem to remove the cygwin folder, it delete most files
but mail in some!
Looks like i dont have permitions to remove the folders :s
I tryed to Chmod it, but it says that it cant change permission!
So is there any other way to remove the folder and subfolders\files (
othe
On Wed, 9 Feb 2005, Gerrit P. Haase wrote:
> Ivan Lenev wrote:
>
> > I'm pretty sure that I have full access since I'm the only user, and I
> > don't see a "Security/Permissions" Tab in the properties of any of my
> > files. I'm running WinXP Home, and no file sharing.
>
> XP Home sucks, get a boo
Ivan Lenev wrote:
I'm pretty sure that I have full access since I'm the only
user, and I don't see a "Security/Permissions" Tab in the
properties of any of my files. I'm running WinXP Home, and
no file sharing.
XP Home sucks, get a book about XP where is described how
to tweak security settings
I'm pretty sure that I have full access since I'm the only
user, and I don't see a "Security/Permissions" Tab in the
properties of any of my files. I'm running WinXP Home, and
no file sharing.
-Ivan Lenev
On Tue Feb 8 18:51 , Peter Rehley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> sent:
On Feb 8, 2005, at 5:23
On Feb 8, 2005, at 5:23 PM, Ivan Lenev wrote:
Hello!
Can someone help me with deleting all the files from the
\Cygwin directory?
I was able to delete about 99% of the files in the
directories, but some files stated that they cannot be
deleted because "Access is Denied. Make sure the disk is
not ful
Hello!
Can someone help me with deleting all the files from the
\Cygwin directory?
I was able to delete about 99% of the files in the
directories, but some files stated that they cannot be
deleted because "Access is Denied. Make sure the disk is
not full or write protected." I tried everything f
On Fri, Jan 28, 2005 at 01:09:26PM -0800, Peter A. Castro wrote:
>I guess, part of the professionalism of a product, is to provide as much
>meaningful information as possible, but also to account for the "cock-pit
>errors" that commonly occur and give warnings concerning them.
The adjective "meani
On Thu, 27 Jan 2005, Joshua Daniel Franklin wrote:
> Larry Hall wrote:
> > At 02:10 PM 1/26/2005, you wrote:
> > >I will be adding
> > >doc to the webpage talking about the perils of downgrading, but in truth
> > >this subject should be noted in the normal FAQ concerning reverting to
> > >the prev
Larry Hall wrote:
> At 02:10 PM 1/26/2005, you wrote:
> >I will be adding
> >doc to the webpage talking about the perils of downgrading, but in truth
> >this subject should be noted in the normal FAQ concerning reverting to
> >the previous version as well.
>
> The Cygwin FAQ doesn't seem to be the
On Wed, 26 Jan 2005, Larry Hall wrote:
> At 02:10 PM 1/26/2005, you wrote:
> >On Tue, 25 Jan 2005, Larry Hall wrote:
> >
> >> of variations and options available that were not there heretofore.
> >> This is the reason I directed Neven back to Peter's site. Clearly,
> >> though, if Neven and other
At 02:10 PM 1/26/2005, you wrote:
>On Tue, 25 Jan 2005, Larry Hall wrote:
>
>> of variations and options available that were not there heretofore.
>> This is the reason I directed Neven back to Peter's site. Clearly,
>> though, if Neven and others that use the "cygwin time machine" can get
>> what
> I see from later email that you are having problems removing some files
> (specifically symlinks). I'd check who actually owns those files, using
> the Windows Explorer, (right-click on file) Properties->Security tab.
> See who owns it. You might need to take ownership of the file, or login
> a
On Wed, 26 Jan 2005, Christopher Faylor wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 26, 2005 at 11:10:49AM -0800, Peter A. Castro wrote:
> >On Tue, 25 Jan 2005, Larry Hall wrote:
> >>Obviously, those who disagree with me are still free to answer the
> >>inevitable posts that we'll get here about the "cygwin time machine
On Wed, Jan 26, 2005 at 11:10:49AM -0800, Peter A. Castro wrote:
>On Tue, 25 Jan 2005, Larry Hall wrote:
>>Obviously, those who disagree with me are still free to answer the
>>inevitable posts that we'll get here about the "cygwin time machine"
>>anyway. With any luck, those posts will be few and
On Tue, 25 Jan 2005, Larry Hall wrote:
> At 01:34 PM 1/25/2005, Dave Korn wrote:
>
> >> This subject is really off-topic for this list. The "cygwin
> >> time machine" is not a service supported by this list.
> >
> > Larry, you're being too harsh there! The "how to uninstall" procedure is
> >sta
On Tue, 25 Jan 2005, Neven Luetic wrote:
> Hello,
Greetings Neven,
> after a (stupid) attempt to install an older version of cygwin over my
> current installation (using the "cygwin time machine" mentioned some
> days ago) I just wanted to throw it away and start anew, but the cygwin
> directory
On Wed, 26 Jan 2005, Neven Luetic wrote:
> > after a (stupid) attempt to install an older version of cygwin over my
> > current installation (using the "cygwin time machine" mentioned some
> > days ago) I just wanted to throw it away and start anew, but the cygwin
> > directory is undeletable.
> >
> after a (stupid) attempt to install an older version of cygwin over my
> current installation (using the "cygwin time machine" mentioned some
> days ago) I just wanted to throw it away and start anew, but the cygwin
> directory is undeletable.
>
> This is due to some symbolic links from version
At 01:20 PM 1/25/2005, you wrote:
>> >
>> >after a (stupid) attempt to install an older version of cygwin over my
>> >current installation (using the "cygwin time machine" mentioned some
>> >days ago) I just wanted to throw it away and start anew, but the cygwin
>> >directory is undeletable.
>> >
On Tue, 25 Jan 2005, Neven Luetic wrote:
> > > It says: "x cannot be deleted. Access denied. Maybe the source file
> > > is opened" (maybe this translation from german is bad, but I saw it
> > > before, so you'll recognize it).
> >
> > Does any process have this file opened? Try using Process Explo
At 01:34 PM 1/25/2005, Dave Korn wrote:
>> This subject is really off-topic for this list. The "cygwin
>> time machine" is not a service supported by this list.
>
> Larry, you're being too harsh there! The "how to uninstall" procedure is
>standard advice and fully backwardly compatible. If
Neven Luetic wrote:
It says: "x cannot be deleted. Access denied. Maybe the source file
is opened" (maybe this translation from german is bad, but I saw it
before, so you'll recognize it).
Does any process have this file opened? Try using Process Explorer
from SysInternals.com.
Process Explorer
> > It says: "x cannot be deleted. Access denied. Maybe the source file is
> > opened" (maybe this translation from german is bad, but I saw it
> > before, so you'll recognize it).
>
> Does any process have this file opened? Try using Process Explorer from
> SysInternals.com.
Process Explorer
Neven Luetic wrote:
Am Dienstag, den 25.01.2005, 11:47 -0800 schrieb Andrew DeFaria:
Neven Luetic wrote:
In the meantime I moved the directory away and I am able to install
a new cygwin and remove it by deleting the directory. However I can
not get rid of the old directory. Everything inside, tha
Am Dienstag, den 25.01.2005, 11:47 -0800 schrieb Andrew DeFaria:
> Neven Luetic wrote:
>
> > In the meantime I moved the directory away and I am able to install a
> > new cygwin and remove it by deleting the directory. However I can not
> > get rid of the old directory. Everything inside, that's
> > >after a (stupid) attempt to install an older version of
> > cygwin over my
> > >current installation (using the "cygwin time machine" mentioned some
> > >days ago) I just wanted to throw it away and start anew, but
> > the cygwin
> > >directory is undeletable.
> > >
> > >This is due to some
Neven Luetic wrote:
In the meantime I moved the directory away and I am able to install a
new cygwin and remove it by deleting the directory. However I can not
get rid of the old directory. Everything inside, that's a real file,
can be deleted manually by setting the appropriate privileges - wha
> -Original Message-
> From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of Larry Hall
> Sent: 25 January 2005 17:42
> At 11:28 AM 1/25/2005, you wrote:
> >Hello,
> >
> >after a (stupid) attempt to install an older version of
> cygwin over my
> >current installation (using the "cygwin time machine" mentioned
> >
> >after a (stupid) attempt to install an older version of cygwin over my
> >current installation (using the "cygwin time machine" mentioned some
> >days ago) I just wanted to throw it away and start anew, but the cygwin
> >directory is undeletable.
> >
> >This is due to some symbolic links fr
Am Dienstag, den 25.01.2005, 12:20 -0500 schrieb Brian Keener:
> Neven Luetic wrote:
> > I am able to change owner and permissions of these files to whatever I
> > want, but I can not delete them ("Permission denied").
> >
> > What should I do, to get a clean new install?
> >
> Have you complet
At 11:28 AM 1/25/2005, you wrote:
>Hello,
>
>after a (stupid) attempt to install an older version of cygwin over my
>current installation (using the "cygwin time machine" mentioned some
>days ago) I just wanted to throw it away and start anew, but the cygwin
>directory is undeletable.
>
>This is d
Neven Luetic wrote:
> I am able to change owner and permissions of these files to whatever I
> want, but I can not delete them ("Permission denied").
>
> What should I do, to get a clean new install?
>
Have you completely rebooted (never hurts just to make sure) and followed the
directions in
Hello,
after a (stupid) attempt to install an older version of cygwin over my
current installation (using the "cygwin time machine" mentioned some
days ago) I just wanted to throw it away and start anew, but the cygwin
directory is undeletable.
This is due to some symbolic links from versions of
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