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Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2014 21:49:46 -0400
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On 06/14/2014 07:15 PM, Will Parsons wrote:
> Some time ago (for reasons I cannot remember) I decided to make a
> clean reinstallation of Cygwin, so as a safety measure I renamed the
> old installation to cygwin.old.  After finally deciding I didn't need
> cygwin.old any more, I deleted it with:
>
> rm -Rf cygwin.old
>
> The command took much longer to complete than I expected, but what's
> more surprising is that there is less available space (5Gb as
> indicated by df) after performing the deletion than before.  Does
> anyone have an idea on why?

Could be a problem with your disk.  You should check that.


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Larry

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A: Yes.
 > Q: Are you sure?
 >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
 >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email?

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