[X-Unix] removing fink

[Alexandre Gauthier]

I really wish people should stop using --recursive --force in order to
remove files =/
It's error prone... what if you mistype 'rm -rf ./.profile' as './.
profile' or './ .profile'?

Craig Hoffman wrote:
> Thanks everybody. That worked great.
> - Craig
> On Mar 16, 2006, at 7:07 PM, Philip J Robar wrote:
>
>>
>> On Mar 16, 2006, at 5:14 PM, Eric F Crist wrote:
>>
>>> As soon as you open your terminal window, type:
>>>
>>> % rm -rf ./.profile
>>>
>>> Note, all those periods need to be there.
>>
>> There's no need for the "-r", which causes rm(1) to recurse down a
>> directory structure.
>>
>> You shouldn't need the "-f" as Craig should own the file.
>>
>> The "./" isn't needed as ".profile" is a perfectly legal and
>> unambiguous relative path name.
>>
>> More to the point wiping out the whole .profile file is gross over
>> kill, as there may be a bunch of non-fink related stuff in it. Craig
>> should be able to just remove the line that sets the SHELL
>> environment variable. I'm pretty sure that the fink documentation
>> covers what changes it or you make to your UNIX start up files.
>>
>>
>> Phil
>>
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