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On 15.04.2006 20:59 UK Time, Igor Peshansky wrote:
> This has nothing specific to Cygwin/X.  Redirecting to the main list.
> Please remove cygwin-xfree from replies.
> 
> On Sat, 15 Apr 2006, Herbert Eppel wrote:
> 
>> Some time ago I successfully installed cygwin on both my Windows 2000 PC
>> and my windows XP laptop.
>> However, space is getting a little tight now on my laptop, and I would
>> like to remove cygwin for the time being.
>>
>> Is there a special procedure I should follow, or can I simply delete the
>> cygwin directory?
> 
> If you plan to simply back up Cygwin and restore it at some later point,
> then the mount information won't harm you, and you might as well just
> delete the directory.  Same applies if you plan to reinstall later but
> keep the directory structure the same.
> 
> Keep in mind that if plan to reinstall and have set up certain things
> (like ssh user identity files, etc) that are referenced by some external
> entities (for example, the ssh authorized_keys file on a remote machine),
> you should either keep those around, or expect to transfer them again when
> you reinstall (since the identity files will be regenerated by a new
> installation).
> 
> If you really do want to delete all of Cygwin, see the FAQ:
> <http://cygwin.com/faq/faq.setup.html#faq.setup.uninstall-all>.
> 
> FWIW, if all you want is to get some disk space, the following FAQ entry
> might help: <http://cygwin.com/faq/faq.setup.html#faq.setup.disk-space>.
> 
> HTH,
> 	Igor

Hi Igor,

thank you for your reply.

Regards

Herbert Eppel
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www.HETranslation.co.uk

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