Re: Cygwin deinstall
Hi Michael, Thank you for your reply. Following your suggestion I mail this entry to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Michael A Chase wrote: On Thu, 19 Dec 2002 11:41:52 +0100 a12 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Mac :}) ** I normally forward private questions to the appropriate mail list. ** Ask Smarter: http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html Give a hobbit a fish and he eats fish for a day. Give a hobbit a ring and he eats fish for an age.
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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Mac :}) ** I normally forward private questions to the appropriate mail list. ** Ask Smarter: http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html Give a hobbit a fish and he eats fish for a day. Give a hobbit a ring and he eats fish for an age. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: Cygwin deinstall
Hi Michael, Thank you for your reply. Following your suggestion I mail this entry to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Michael A Chase wrote: On Thu, 19 Dec 2002 11:41:52 +0100 a12 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Mac :}) ** I normally forward private questions to the appropriate mail list. ** Ask Smarter: http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html Give a hobbit a fish and he eats fish for a day. Give a hobbit a ring and he eats fish for an age. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: Cygwin deinstall
On Thu, 19 Dec 2002 15:27:41 +0100 a12 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Following your suggestion I mail this entry to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You are still not paying attention. Your initial question was 'How do I uninstall Cygwin?'. The FAQ I pointed you to does answer that question. If you bother to read the information in the URIs listed at the bottom of every message in [EMAIL PROTECTED], you will see that vague complaints about the FAQ being incomplete, which it was not in your case, don't belong on cygwin-patches. Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ -- Mac :}) ** I normally forward private questions to the appropriate mail list. ** Ask Smarter: http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html Give a hobbit a fish and he eats fish for a day. Give a hobbit a ring and he eats fish for an age. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Cygwin deinstall
Hi gurus, How do I remove completely Cygwin ?
Re: cygwin deinstall
On Wed, Dec 18, 2002 at 06:55:38AM -0800, Michael A Chase wrote: On Wed, 18 Dec 2002 12:41:23 +0100 a12 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thank you. I think I may be making some changes to the cygwin-apps submission policies. We're having way too many problems with this kind of thing. cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
