Re: [BackupPC-users] Minimal cygwin install?

[Rob O. <ro...@pt...>]

On Thu, Oct 06, 2011 at 12:53:24PM +0700, ha...@gm... wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 5:01 AM, Les Mikesell <les...@gm...> wrote:
> > I've always just done a full install of Cygwin where I needed it, but
> > now I'm looking for an installer package that would be easier for
> > others to use.  Is there anything like cwrsync that also includes
> > sshd?
> 
> Les,
> 
> I've found with recent version of Cygwin, there aren't any registry or
> other issues preventing a fully "portable" (as in runs from any
> path/drive letter/external device) non-installation setup - IOW, get
> it running on one machine and then distribute via a zip file or
> however you like.
> 
I can confirm that Cygwin (at least the version I installed sometime in
the last 2 years) can be installed to and run from a non-system,
user-owned directory without needing write access to the Windows
registry.  I never tried running an ssh daemon in that configuration,
though.

-Rob