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Re: cygwin deinstall


On Thu, Dec 19, 2002 at 03:27:41PM +0100, a12 wrote:
>Hi Michael,
>
>Thank you for your reply.
>
>Following your suggestion I mail this entry to
>cygwin-patches@cygwin.com

Huh?  Why? There is no patch here.  cygwin-patches is supposed to be for
sending actual fixes not vague suggestions.

>Michael A Chase wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 19 Dec 2002 11:41:52 +0100 a12 <a12@swipnet.se> wrote:
>>
>> > I should have rephrased the question to:
>> > How do I remove C:\cygwin\var\log\OpenSSHd.log ?
>> >
>> > After some digging into security & ownership of the file &
>> > directories, I changed the owner of OpenSSHd.log from SYSTEM to
>> > Administrators. Then I removed the file. The removal of
>> > C:\cygwin\var\log was a piece of cake.
>> >
>> > The info above is not stated in
>> > http://cygwin.com/faq/faq_2.html#SEC19
>> > May I propose a little update ?
>>
>> May I propose you ask your real question instead of what you did ask.  Also
>> keep your questions to the right list.
>>
>> Bug reporting:         http://cygwin.com/bugs.html
>>
>> The FAQ answers the question you asked correctly.  If you wanted to know
>> how to remove a particular file, you should have asked that question.
>>
>> > Michael A Chase wrote:
>> >
>> > > On Wed, 18 Dec 2002 12:41:23 +0100 a12 <a12@swipnet.se> wrote:
>> > >
>> > > > How do I remove completely Cygwin ?
>> > >
>> > > Read the FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/faq_2.html#SEC19 .  It answeres
>> > that
>> > > exact question.
>> > >
>> > > Please stop using the wrong list.  If it weren't a FAQ, this quiestion
>> > > would belong on cygwin@cygwin.com.
>>
>> --
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