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According to Morgan Gangwere on 2/3/2007 1:54 PM:
> jgbk9 wrote:
>> Despite warnings, I replaced the cygwin profile and bashrc files, and I cant
>> seem to remember how to recover from this. Reinstalling cygwin doesnt do any
>> good at all.  Any help?
> 
> you can recover... but its difficult.

The OP was asking for help about recovering user customization files, not
about uninstalling and reinstalling cygwin.  Depending on how much he
customized, he could just reuse the cygwin defaults, from
/etc/defaults/etc/skel.

In typical Unix fashion, when you delete something, it's gone (unless you
use a low-level disk undelete utility).  Backing up important data is a
good habit to get into.

- --
Don't work too hard, make some time for fun as well!

Eric Blake             ebb9 AT byu DOT net
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