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Date: Sun, 8 May 2011 08:23:50 +0200
From: Jens Schweikhardt <schweikh@schweikhardt.net>
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Subject: Re: Is it okay to delete Cygwin (mirror) download directories?
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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.

Regards,

	Jens
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