On Sun, May 08, 2011 at 01:32:12AM +0100, Olumide wrote: >Hi - > >Over the years I've updated my gotten my Cygwin fix from a number of >mirrors each one of which has left a massive download directory (in >excess of 700Mb) on my hard disk. For example: > >ftp%3a%2f%2flinux.rz.ruhr-uni-bochum.de%2fcygwin >http%3a%2f%2fftp.uni-kl.de%2fpub%2fwindows%2fcygwin%2f >http%3a%2f%2fftp.gwdg.de%2fpub%2flinux%2fsources.redhat.com%2fcygwin%2f > >Now I'm running out of HD space I'm looking to reclaim some of that >space. Is it okay to delete some or all of these directories? I'm >concerned that the Cygwin setup program uses one of these folders to >determine what programs I've currently got installed.
Yes. It's perfectly ok to delete everything in your cygwin download directory. cgf -- 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
