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Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2010 04:26:59 +0400
From: Andrey Repin <anrdaemon AT freemail DOT ru>
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Greetings, Max Funk!

> If I delete the folder cygwin on my PC (Windows 7, 32 bit),
> as described in the FAQ "Cygwin uninstall", then there is 
> remaining a special file 

> C:\cygwin\dev\nul

> This file cannot be deleted afterwards from windows
> (at least, I didn't find any possibility.) 

http://www.farmanager.com/
Get the 2.0 for your platform and forget your file access nightmares.
It can create and delete any technically possible file names.


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 Andrey Repin (anrdaemon AT freemail DOT ru) 01.10.2010, <4:25>

Sorry for my terrible english...


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