Re: XSane

On 9/4/06, Michael R. Wilson <wilsonmr@sasktel.net> wrote:

> > Try doing this from a non-root terminal:
> > ls -a -R ~/.sane
>
> Much better; guess I lost track of where Linux commands expect switches
> to be. My bad.

if you ever need help with CLI apps, just run:

appname --help

(that's two dashes before 'help') or if you need more detailed help:

man appname

and, of course, note any case sensitive strings :)

(e.g. ls -r and ls -R are two different things)

> Now: better to leave .sane/ but wipe the contents, or delete the
> directory itself and force it to be re-established? I'm using this as an
> occasion to learn about managing a Linux system, so the question is
> intended generally, not just for this particular foul-up.

It doesn't hurt the application to delete its settings directory in ~
since it generates one for each user and will regenerate it if its
missing when it starts up. If you're going to delete the contents
anyway just delete the whole thing as it will definitely get
everything then :)

CK
Received on Mon Sep 4 13:43:02 2006