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Old 06-07-2009
deleting all fink files

I installed fink on my mac, and I was just wondering -- I'm not sure I really want it right now, so how would I delete all the files I downloaded? I think I could use the srm option in Terminal, but what exactly would I need to enter in order to get all those fink files without accidentally removing any others?
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Old 09-26-2009
You would probably have to use a regular expression. What have you tried so far?
 
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