On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 12:55 PM, Habermann, David (D) wrote: >>> I also like having everything stored under one main directory (c:\cygwin) >>> for ease of backup > >> Why would you back up all of c:\cygwin? Most of it is downloaded from the >> Internet, and this is easily >> reinstalled from your cached download. (I'm assuming you keep setup.exe and >> its download tree on a >> network drive somewhere.) > > I do something similar to you, and the backup isn't the big issue (although I > do have MANY locally compiled programs here). C:\Users is backed up by the > corporation, so I either have to duplicate the backup or do multiple > recoveries from different backup systems to get it all back...that is why I > prefer c:\cygwin\home >
I would have to stop using Cygwin if what is being proposed is put into action unless I can thwart it by specifying that it uses the current scenario. Besides, it is nice to have the Cygwin HOME directory isolated to the Cygwin installation for a portable install that can be used on a USB thumb drive. Thumb drive use requires mkpasswd/mkgroup -c >> /etc/passwd/group with careful security management but it can be done! -- cyg Simple -- 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
