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Subject:	Re: Is it okay to delete Cygwin (mirror) download directories?
Date:	Sun, 08 May 2011 09:32:26 +0100
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On 5/8/2011 7:23 AM, Jens Schweikhardt wrote:
> 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.

Thanks!

(reaches for the delete key ...)



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