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Re: Is there a script to remove old packages from local disk
- From: Dave Korn <dave dot korn dot cygwin at googlemail dot com>
- To: Thread Thoroughly TITTTL'd <cygwin-talk at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:35:19 +0100
- Subject: Re: Is there a script to remove old packages from local disk
- References: <4A3940A0.3000606@bonhard.uklinux.net>
- Reply-to: The Vulgar and Unprofessional Cygwin-Talk List <cygwin-talk at cygwin dot com>
Fergus wrote:
>> Are you paying attention? It can be cleaned up by:
>> rm -rf "/h/my name/cygnus solutions/*"
>> Yes, yes. I know. Your internet connection is only 1 byte per second
>> so you desperately need to keep useless files around on disk for when
>> you accidentally type rm -rf /bin.
>
> For Goodness sake. There really is nothing you enjoy more than
> admonishing people is there,
> in that famously sarcastic and superior manner.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhetoric
Sarcasm, hyperbole and exaggeration are pretty standard rhetorical
techniques. I think it's hard to justify inferring from the outwardly
observable fact of someone's preferred writing style to an assumption about
their inner mental state and motivation - an intent to mount a personal attack
- which can't be so directly observed.
cheers,
DaveK