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Subject: Re: cut and paste doesn't work
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From: Eliot Moss <moss@cs.umass.edu>
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Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2021 11:15:49 -0500
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On 1/21/2021 2:34 AM, KAVALAGIOS Panagiotis (EEAS-EXT) wrote:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Cygwin <cygwin-bounces@cygwin.com> On Behalf Of Thomas Wolff
>> Sent: 21 January 2021 02:08
>>
>> Am 20.01.2021 um 21:31 schrieb Wojciech Puchar:
>>> trying to mark text in cygwin windows by mouse doesn't work at all.
>>> Windows 10.
>>>
>>> The same cygwin 64 installation on windows 7 works properly.
>>>
>>> It was installed to windows 10 host by simply copying whole c:\cygwin
>>> directory.
>>>
>>> Everything works except cut&paste.
>> What does `ls -l /dev/clipboard` say?
>> Copying the filesystem rather than installing loses some special file
>> properties, especially in the /dev folder.
>> Not sure whether it's possible to fix that with `mknod`.
> 
> There might be other problems as well. Symlinks are also going to be affected. We couldn't find a reliable solution back in Win7 to simply copy Cygwin installation by preserving the symlinks in a zip archive.
> 
> I would strongly advise to perform a normal installation and simply copy only the contents of your Cygwin home directory (C:\Cygwin\home\<username>). It will be quicker that trying to identify and fix all the possible issues.
> 
> Panos

I observe that it is possible to get a list of what is installed and do a more automated install of 
the same things again.  The techniques were posted recently in other threads, I believe.  I agree 
that this would be more reliable than trying to copy the file structure,
unless you really really know what you're doing.

Regards - Eliot Moss
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