Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com X-Originating-IP: [81.77.224.105] X-Originating-Email: [hugeiqhavei AT hotmail DOT com] X-Sender: hugeiqhavei AT hotmail DOT com From: "James Bond" To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: C:\cygwin & sub folder will not delete after failed install of cygwi 1.5.10- Date: Sun, 06 Jun 2004 03:23:29 +0100 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 06 Jun 2004 02:23:30.0176 (UTC) FILETIME=[41DD5800:01C44B6D] X-IsSubscribed: yes >From: Larry Hall >Reply-To: Cygwin List >To: "James Bond" , cygwin AT cygwin DOT com >Subject: Re: C:\cygwin & sub folder will not delete after failed install >of cygwi 1.5.10-3 >Date: Sat, 05 Jun 2004 21:24:58 -0400 >The message you state above telling you of some corruption doesn't come >from 'setup' so you'll need to consult MS about that problem. If there is >indeed some corruption problem, that may be the reason you have trouble >deleting the directory. Based on the paraphrased message you report when >you tried to delete the directory (called 'din'?), it appears that you >were using either Cygwin's or Windows 'rmdir' command to do your bidding. >You're best off using the Windows version to remove the directory since >Cygwin's is going to be part of the tree that you want to delete. You'll >need to specify the '/s' flag to tell it to remove recursively. 'rmdir' >won't delete entire directory trees without that flag (that's why you got >the warning about the directory not being empty). Or you can use the >Windows explorer instead. > > >-- >Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com >RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office >838 Washington Street (508) 893-9889 - FAX >Holliston, MA 01746 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hi Thanks for reply Larry. Sorry about the BAD! typos in that post :( :) Anyways the (.din) was meant to be the c:\cygwin\bin dir Asoi I had been using the windowsXP explorer to try and delete the dir, as-well as trying, Del at the msdos cmd prompt. Niether worked ended up with me getting the error msg about the c:\cygwin\bin dir not being empty and being corrupted along with all the other sub dir's of c:\cygwin. When I lpook in the c:\cygwin\bin dir it is very much empty completely, no hidden files or anything. So I guess it's all badly corrupted. I took your advice and tried rmdir \s and it just gave me a load of gobble about.. c:\cygwin\bin The directory is not empty. c:\cygwin\etc\mime.types The file or directory is corrupted or unreadable. And many many more along a similar theme, with just different names; which meant no deletion of the dir at all. I even tried renaming it and then trying to install cygwin again in a new c:\cygwin dir. But almost at the very end of the install it did the exact same thing as last time, it FORCE REBOOTED the system and didn't finish the install. Only this time I could and did delete the c:\cygwin dir ok. I am now just left with the old corrupted c:\cygwin dir which I named c:\dead and which I cannot get rid of period. Hyp _________________________________________________________________ Get a FREE connection, FREE modem and one month's FREE line rental, plus a US or European flight when you sign up for BT Broadband! http://www.msn.co.uk/specials/btbroadband -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/