User Commands                                    gnome-cleanup(1)



NAME
     gnome-cleanup - cleans GNOME user preferences

SYNOPSIS
     gnome-cleanup user

DESCRIPTION
     gnome-cleanup erases all GNOME user  preferences,  returning
     the  user to the default look and feel.  This can be used to
     undo undesired preference settings, or to correct the  desk-
     top if the preferences become corrupt.  The GNOME preference
     files are automatically recreated the  next  time  the  user
     logs  into  a GNOME session.  By default this program erases
     the configuration files for the user  running  the  command.
     However,  a  different  user can be specified on the command
     line.  Of course, configuration files are only erased if the
     user  running gnome-cleanup has appropriate file permissions
     to erase the user's configuration files.

     gnome-cleanup will display a listing of all preference files
     that it will erase before erasing any files, and prompts the
     user to confirm that they would like to erase  these  files.
     Files are erase only after receiving a positive confirmation
     from the user.

     gnome-cleanup cannot be run while logged into a  GNOME  ses-
     sion.   Users  should  run  this  program  when  logged into
     another session, for example, the Failsafe session.  If  the
     user  tries  to  run  this program while already logged into
     GNOME, an error message is displayed.

OPTIONS
     None.

OPERANDS
     The following operands are supported:

     user            Specify the user whose  configuration  files
                     will  be  erased.   The  files  will only be
                     erased if the user running gnome-cleanup has
                     file  permissions to erase the user's confi-
                     guration files.  This is useful,  for  exam-
                     ple,  if  you  want to run the script as the
                     root user to erase the  configuration  files
                     for  a specific user.  If user is not speci-
                     fied, the user is the same as the  user  who
                     runs the gnome-cleanup command.



EXAMPLES




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User Commands                                    gnome-cleanup(1)



     Example 1: Erase GNOME user preferences

     example% gnome-cleanup

     After displaying a list of preference  files  that  will  be
     erase, the following question is displayed:

     Do you wish to remove these files (Y/N)

     The files are erase only if the  user  provides  a  positive
     response.

EXIT STATUS
     The following exit values are returned:

     0        Application exited successfully



     >0       Application exited with failure



FILES
     The following files are used by this application:

     /usr/bin/gnome-cleanup  Executable for GNOME cleanup.



ATRIBUTES
     See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
     butes:

     
           ATRIBUTE TYPE               ATRIBUTE VALUE       
    
     Availability                 SUNWgnome-panel             
    
     Interface stability          Volatile                    
    


SEE ALSO
     attributes(5)

NOTES
     Written by Brian Cameron, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2003, 2007.







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