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Date:	Thu, 24 Jan 2002 00:48:26 -0500
From:	Christopher Faylor <cgf AT redhat DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: download and install suggestion for developers
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On Wed, Jan 23, 2002 at 10:07:40PM -0700, Roger D Pack wrote:
>For me to install cygwin I had to download the ENTIRE latest directory to my 
>hard drive, then delete out .src.* files, and copy it to a zip disk to be 
>able to take it home and install it (at home I happen to have a slow 
>connection).
>I think it was a waste of a lot of bandwidth.  I guess you could say I would 
>find the "lazy" way of downloading all necessary files from one directory 
>more useful and efficient.
>Thank you all very much (all CS computers at BYU have cygwin, so I suppose 
>you could call it "well used")

Just use setup.exe to download whatever files you want.

Problem solved.

cgf

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