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Sep 6, 2013 · But there are just way too many files/sub-directories to remove them individually. Is there a faster way of doing this? You want the rm command. look at rm --help for more info.
To delete the directory tree starting at c:\subdir\more\offending_dir: The total step-by-step-process is as simple as this: cd c:\subdir\more to cd into its parent directory.
Jul 12, 2021 · The Cygwin Console is a popular command-prompt tool for Windows (also called Cygwin Bash Shell) that mimics a Linux environment to execute your commands. This wikiHow will give you a list of commands you can use in Cygwin.
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Jun 21, 2010 · Just click on the 'Keep' button on the top right of the package selection screen to tell it to stick with your current version. Use the 'Partial' view to keep an eye on what's going to change. If you're still on Cygwin 1.5, you might want to use http://cygwin.com/setup-legacy.exe.
Feb 19, 2015 · Try looking in C:\cygwin\home\kfolw (if that's your actual login name). The top-level directory might be something like C:\cygwin64 instead of C:\cygwin. ~ and $ are special characters in bash. You can either escape them using \ or put the argument in single quotes '.
Finally, if you want to be thorough you can delete the registry tree Software\Cygwin under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE and/or HKEY_CURRENT_USER. However, if you followed the directions above you will have already removed everything important. Typically only the installation directory has been stored in the registry at all.
Jul 29, 2023 · In Python, os.remove() allows you to delete (remove) a file, and shutil.rmtree() allows you to delete a directory (folder) along with all its files and subdirectories. You can also use os.rmdir() and os.removedirs() to remove only empty directories.
