Difference between revisions of "Important hidden .dot files in your home partition"

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The Manjaro team have gone along way towards removing the above problems, (including the permission problem) as can be read here: [http://wiki.manjaro.org/index.php/Partitioning_Overview_and_Existing_Partition_Tables#Where_Using_an_Existing_Linux_Partition_Table]

~~'''Note:'''~~ If you happen to have any important

hidden <.dot> files before you use the above

{note|If you happen to have any important hidden <.dot> files before you use the above linked to Manjaro method; know that they will be overwritten.}}

linked to Manjaro method; know that they will

be overwritten.

==Deleting ALL <.dot> directories/files from your ~/==

{{Warning|USE THE FOLLOWING '''VERY CAREFULLY''', AS IT <u>WILL DELETE</u> ALL HIDDEN <.DOT> FILES INSIDE OF WHICHEVER DIRECTORY IT IS USED.}}

With this in mind, my method (which is not distro specific) is to have all of the important hidden <.dot> files & directories backed up into a different directory in the /home partition (though off of the machine is the best policy). Then just prior to installing the new distro I delete all of the hidden <.dot> files using a very powerful bash command in the Terminal.

~~'''USE THE FOLLOWING VERY CAREFULLY, AS IT ''WILL DELETE'' ALL HIDDEN <.DOT> FILES INSIDE OF WHICHEVER DIRECTORY IT IS USED.'''~~

The following command will remove all of the hidden <.dot> files & directories from inside of the current directory:

To be sure that you are in your ~/ directory,

{{tip|To be sure that you are in your ~/ directory, from inside of the Terminal, hold down the <Shift Key> & then hit the <~ key>, found in the top left area of your keyboard.}}

from inside of the Terminal ~~'''~~hold down the~~'''~~

~~'''''~~Shift~~'' key~~ & then hit the ~ key~~'''~~, found in

the top left area of your keyboard:

sudo rm –rf .??*

The option '''–rf''' & the use of '''.??*''' will delete all hidden files & directories.

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~~'''NOTE:'''''~~ If you choose to do the above after running the '''su''' command, be sure that you are still in your '''~/''' directory. As if you have landed in /root you must change directory into your /home/<user.name> directory, or else you will delete all of the /root hidden <.dot> files & not those from ~/ your user home.''

{{note| If you choose to do the above after running the '''su''' command, be sure that you are still in your '''~/''' directory. As if you have landed in /root you must change directory into your /home/<user.name> directory, or else you will delete all of the /root hidden <.dot> files & not those from ~/ your user home.}}

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 The Manjaro team have gone along way towards removing the above problems, (including the permission problem) as can be read here: [http://wiki.manjaro.org/index.php/Partitioning_Overview_and_Existing_Partition_Tables#Where_Using_an_Existing_Linux_Partition_Table]
- '''Note:''' If you happen to have any important
- hidden <.dot> files before you use the above
+{note|If you happen to have any important hidden <.dot> files before you use the above linked to Manjaro method; know that they will be overwritten.}}
- linked to Manjaro method; know that they will
- be overwritten.
 ==Deleting ALL <.dot> directories/files from your ~/==
+{{Warning|USE THE FOLLOWING '''VERY CAREFULLY''', AS IT <u>WILL DELETE</u> ALL HIDDEN <.DOT> FILES INSIDE OF WHICHEVER DIRECTORY IT IS USED.}}
 With this in mind, my method (which is not distro specific) is to have all of the important hidden <.dot> files & directories backed up into a different directory in the /home partition (though off of the machine is the best policy). Then just prior to installing the new distro I delete all of the hidden <.dot> files using a very powerful bash command in the Terminal.
-'''USE THE FOLLOWING VERY CAREFULLY, AS IT ''WILL DELETE'' ALL HIDDEN <.DOT> FILES INSIDE OF WHICHEVER DIRECTORY IT IS USED.'''
 The following command will remove all of the hidden <.dot> files & directories from inside of the current directory:
- To be sure that you are in your ~/ directory,
+{{tip|To be sure that you are in your ~/ directory, from inside of the Terminal, hold down the <Shift Key> & then hit the <~ key>, found in the top left area of your keyboard.}}
- from inside of the Terminal '''hold down the'''
- '''''Shift'' key & then hit the ~ key''', found in
- the top left area of your keyboard:
   sudo rm –rf .??*
 The option '''–rf''' & the use of '''.??*''' will delete all hidden files & directories.
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-'''NOTE:''''' If you choose to do the above after running the '''su''' command, be sure that you are still in your '''~/''' directory. As if you have landed in /root you must change directory into your /home/<user.name> directory, or else you will delete all of the /root hidden <.dot> files & not those from ~/ your user home.''
+{{note| If you choose to do the above after running the '''su''' command, be sure that you are still in your '''~/''' directory. As if you have landed in /root you must change directory into your /home/<user.name> directory, or else you will delete all of the /root hidden <.dot> files & not those from ~/ your user home.}}
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