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Re: Cygwin uninstall: Problem with /dev/nul
- From: Rance Hall <ranceh at gmail dot com>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2010 18:17:52 -0500
- Subject: Re: Cygwin uninstall: Problem with /dev/nul
- References: <5590179202C1488BBE99F7A9A80D1566@SonyPC>
On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 5:26 PM, Max Funk <maxkhfunk@gmx.net> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I wanted to report a problem with the cygwin uninstallation:
>
> If I delete the folder cygwin on my PC (Windows 7, 32 bit),
> as described in the FAQ "Cygwin uninstall", then there is
> remaining a special file
>
> C:\cygwin\dev\nul
>
> This file cannot be deleted afterwards from windows
> (at least, I didn't find any possibility.)
>
The last time I had to uninstall cygwin this was not a problem for me.
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