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| Subject: | Re: /usr/local, /var and */tmp in c:\Users\Public |
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On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 5:16 PM, Warren Young wrote: > On Nov 12, 2014, at 2:53 PM, cyg Simple wrote: > >> On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 1:00 PM, Warren Young wrote: >>> >>> I think it would be an improvement to Cygwin if c:\cygwin contained only things that can be reinstalled from your local setup.exe download cache, in the same way that you can nuke "c:\Program Files\Microsoft Office $version” and reinstall without losing anything you created locally. >>> >> >> What local changes/installations get lost? > > Currently, if you nuke a default installation into c:\cygwin, you lose /home, /etc, /var and /usr/local, all of which contain user files and/or local system configuration. > On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 5:21 PM, Andrey Repin wrote: > Greetings, cyg Simple! > >> What local changes/installations get lost? > > What get lost, if you nuke Cygwin folder in default installation? > Everything. Every single piece you could think about. > Cygwin cannot prevent stupidity. These "nuked" files should be recoverable by a restore process from a backup. However, place your files that setup doesn't control in other directories and use /etc/fstab to map them. For instance I have a c:/opt directory where I install many applications. I also have a c:/mnt directory where I put things like c:/mnt/home and mount that to /home. I can have two different instance of Cygwin running with a common $HOME. -- cyg Simple -- 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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