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Date: Fri, 01 May 2015 14:23:35 +0200
From: Marco Atzeri <marco DOT atzeri AT gmail DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Installation data under "~/Downloads/cygwin/"
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On 5/1/2015 1:35 PM, Dr Rainer Woitok wrote:
> Cygwinners,
>
> after installing and updating Cygwin for several times, my administrator
> account's "~/Downloads/cygwin/" directory now  amounts to roughly 6GB of
> data, partially dating back to 2009.  Is all this stuff still needed?
>
> If not,  what to  keep?   All the  "*.ini"  files?   Or only  the latest
> "*.ini" file?  Or what?
>
> Sincerely
>   Rainer
>

It is only a cache depot. You can remove any directory like

   http%3a%2f%2fmirrors.kernel.org%2fsourceware%2fcygwin%2f
   ftp%3a%2f%2fmirrors.kernel.org%2fsourceware%2fcygwin%2f

or similar.
Regards
Marco

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