[X-Unix] removing fink

[Eric F Crist]

Forgot to mention, the -rf is not necessary.  Bad habit for me since  
I am often delete user directories, etc on other BSD boxes.  You are  
correct in correcting me on this.

Eric


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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