cut and paste doesn't work

[KAVALAGIOS Panagiotis (EEAS-EXT)]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cygwin <cygwin-bounces@cygwin.com> On Behalf Of Thomas Wolff
> Sent: 21 January 2021 02:08
> 
> Am 20.01.2021 um 21:31 schrieb Wojciech Puchar:
> > trying to mark text in cygwin windows by mouse doesn't work at all.
> > Windows 10.
> >
> > The same cygwin 64 installation on windows 7 works properly.
> >
> > It was installed to windows 10 host by simply copying whole c:\cygwin
> > directory.
> >
> > Everything works except cut&paste.
> What does `ls -l /dev/clipboard` say?
> Copying the filesystem rather than installing loses some special file
> properties, especially in the /dev folder.
> Not sure whether it's possible to fix that with `mknod`.

There might be other problems as well. Symlinks are also going to be affected. We couldn't find a reliable solution back in Win7 to simply copy Cygwin installation by preserving the symlinks in a zip archive.

I would strongly advise to perform a normal installation and simply copy only the contents of your Cygwin home directory (C:\Cygwin\home\<username>). It will be quicker that trying to identify and fix all the possible issues.

Panos

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