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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers How to delete a file with special characters Post 302071120 by x96riley3 on Wednesday 12th of April 2006 12:01:25 PM
Old 04-12-2006
Long way.

Do a rm -i. This will prompt you 1 file at a time.

Works good if dirs are small or your scared of what might happen.

-X
 

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xdg-user-dirs-gtk-update

xdg-user-dirs-gtk-update(1)					   User Commands				       xdg-user-dirs-gtk-update(1)

NAME

       xdg-user-dirs-gtk-update - Graphical User Interface for xdg-user-dirs-update.

SYNOPSIS

       xdg-user-dirs-gtk-update

DESCRIPTION

       xdg-user-dirs-gtk-update is automatically run on login to the GNOME desktop environment to aid in the management of the locale specific XDG
       User Directories.

       Should the user be starting a session that is using a different locale to that which was used to create the original XDG User  Directories,
       then the user will be prompted to make a decision on whether to update the XDG User Directories to the new locale or leave them unchanged.

       The  original  locale  that  was  used  to  create  the initial set of XDG User Directories on first login is stored in the file ${XDG_CON-
       FIG_HOME}/user-dirs.locale.

       Should the user decide to update to the current locale, then xdg-user-dirs-update will be used to perform the desired action.

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

       See environ(5) for descriptions of the following environment variables:

	   HOME.

       Other environment variable that are used are:

       XDG_CONFIG_HOME

	   Base directory for storge of XDG configuration files. Defaults to ${HOME}/.config

FILES

       The following files are used by this application:

       /usr/bin/xdg-user-dirs-gtk-update

	   Application to manage updates to user's XDG User Directories

       ${XDG_CONFIG_HOME}/user-dirs.locale

	   Locale used in the initial creation of the current XDG User Directories and what they map to.

       ${XDG_CONFIG_HOME}/user-dirs.dirs

	   Location of the user-specific configuration including the current list of directories and what they map to.

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWxdg-user-dirs-gtk	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface stability	     |Uncommitted		   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       More information can be found at:

       http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/xdg-user-dirs

       xdg-user-dirs-update(1), xdg-user-dir(1), attributes(5)

NOTES

       Written by Darren Kenny, Sun Microsystems Inc, 2008

SunOS 5.11							    03 Apr 2008 				       xdg-user-dirs-gtk-update(1)
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