On 09/24/2010 08:37 AM, Hakan Koseoglu wrote: > On 24 September 2010 14:23, Timo Schoeler<timo.schoeler at riscworks.net> wrote: > >> Windows admins use a virtualized CentOS machine to copy files because >> their own tools are not able to handle copying a bigger amount of data. :) >> > Although I read the article with some amusement, I have to wonder > what's wrong with rsync (has a Windows port, albeit somewhat slow with > Cygwin implementation). His fallback is using cp which I found utterly > incomprehensible. > > Until Cygwin's developers decide the join the rest of the window's universe in having an *uninstaller* it will remain "not installed - ever" on many people's systems, including mine. It is completely unacceptable that it is happy to install, but that you have to *manually* rip it out piece-by-piece if you ever want to uninstall it. -- Benjamin Franz