X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED,FREEMAIL_FROM,NML_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED,SPF_HELO_PASS,T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD,T_TO_NO_BRKTS_FREEMAIL X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <29744165.post@talk.nabble.com> Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2010 20:37:08 -0700 (PDT) From: bobby_2010 To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: RE: warning messages while deleting cygwin folder In-Reply-To: <0105D5C1E0353146B1B222348B0411A20946F38CBC@NIHMLBX02.nih.gov> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <29736133 DOT post AT talk DOT nabble DOT com> <0105D5C1E0353146B1B222348B0411A20946F38CBC AT NIHMLBX02 DOT nih DOT gov> X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: 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 thanks, did as you said and nothing seems amiss. Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) [E] wrote: > > bobby_2010 sent the following at Friday, September 17, 2010 4:19 AM >>hi, i am trying to completely delete cygwin from my system, as it is >>taking up too much hard disk space. i followed the instructions at >>the cygwin.com FAQ by first removing any subscribed services. this >>worked fine. then, i went on to delete the c:\cygwin folder. but i >>received 2 warning messages, asking me if i want to delete 'copying' and >>'changelog' which are both system files and that deleting them might >>affect other programs. after choosing not to delete either, the dialog >>box 'error deleting file or folder' appears, stating 'cannot remove >>folder help: the directory is not empty'. >> >>should i delete these 2? and any other such warnings thereafter? thanks. > > Yes, delete everything. They only affect cygwin. > > - Barry > Disclaimer: Statements made herein are not made on behalf of NIAID. > > > -- > Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html > FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ > Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html > Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > > > -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/warning-messages-while-deleting-cygwin-folder-tp29736133p29744165.html Sent from the Cygwin list mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple