X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: Yes, hits=5.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_50,FREEMAIL_FROM,KAM_THEBAT,RAZOR2_CF_RANGE_51_100,RAZOR2_CF_RANGE_E8_51_100,RAZOR2_CHECK X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2010 04:26:59 +0400 From: Andrey Repin Reply-To: Andrey Repin Message-ID: <1532963635.20101001042659@mtu-net.ru> To: "Max Funk" , cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: Cygwin uninstall: Problem with /dev/nul In-Reply-To: <5590179202C1488BBE99F7A9A80D1566@SonyPC> References: <5590179202C1488BBE99F7A9A80D1566 AT SonyPC> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 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. -- WBR, Andrey Repin (anrdaemon AT freemail DOT ru) 01.10.2010, <4:25> Sorry for my terrible english... -- 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