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Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2003 13:34:38 -0400 (EDT)
From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu>
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To: Bhavraj Singh <bhavraj AT irisfinancial DOT com>
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Subject: Re: release 1.3.22-1 uninstall  \etc\hosts
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On Thu, 3 Jul 2003, Bhavraj Singh wrote:

> Hi,
>
> After uninstalling cygwin by removing the directory, shortcuts etc.
> there are are links to 2 files which refuse to get deleted, they are
> \etc\hosts and \etc\lib. Any suggestions on how to remove the links
> (shortcuts)?
>
> regards,
> Bhavraj

For /etc/hosts, my guess is there's some network-related process running
that has it locked.  You could try rebooting before trying to remove the
file (or download the "handle" utility from sysinternals and see which
process is holding the lock).

As for /etc/lib, there is no such link on my system.  Where does it point
to?
	Igor
P.S. I'm assuming you simply used "\" instead of "/", or installed Cygwin
in "c:\".
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