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| Date: | Sat, 28 Apr 2012 20:47:36 -0400 |
| From: | Christopher Faylor <cgf-use-the-mailinglist-please AT cygwin DOT com> |
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| Subject: | Re: Putting package directory in c:\Cygwin |
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On Sat, Apr 28, 2012 at 11:02:54PM +0000, Andy wrote: >Putting the packages directly in c:\Cygwin is ill-advised because it shows up in >the posix directory "/". It pollutes the directory with millions of package >folders. But what if I create a folder c:\Cygwin\LocalPkgs and stick them in >there? From the 10,000 foot perspective, it certainly would be a lot more >organized to have all cygwin stuff in one windows folder. You can make a directory wherever you want. There is no such thing as a "Windows folder" compared to a "Cygwin folder". They are all just regular old Windows directories. -- 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
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