On Thu, Dec 24, 2009 at 6:10 AM, Andy Koppe <andy.ko...@gmail.com> wrote: > 2009/12/24 Gregg Levine: >> My other problems are the typically idiotic Windows problems >> concerning removing a directory (or a directory of directories). The >> system refuses to believe that I have the rights to remove that >> directory. > > Use 'rm -rf' from your new Cygwin install. Much faster than Explorer as well. > > Andy > > -- Hello! Thank you Andy. That did indeed work. I still don't have any idea as to why that did not occur to me. Probably the usual hackers excuse. I checked and found the entire drive visible from inside the install's cygdrive mount point.
And I believe I might have solved my SSH problems. More on that later. Incidentally the next time you're visiting NYC Andy, I owe you and Larry a meal at either of the two best delis in the business. ----- Gregg C Levine gregg.drw...@gmail.com "This signature was once found posting rude messages in English in the Moscow subway." -- 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