gnome-cleanup(1) User Commands gnome-cleanup(1)NAMEgnome-cleanup - cleans GNOME user preferences
SYNOPSISgnome-cleanup user
DESCRIPTIONgnome-cleanup erases all GNOME user preferences, returning the user to
the default look and feel. This can be used to undo undesired prefer‐
ence settings, or to correct the desktop if the preferences become cor‐
rupt. 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. How‐
ever, 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 configura‐
tion 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 session. 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 run‐
ning gnome-cleanup has file permissions to erase the
user's configuration 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 specified, the user is the same as the user
who runs the gnome-cleanup command.
EXAMPLES
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.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
┌─────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
│ ATTRIBUTE TYPE │ ATTRIBUTE VALUE │
├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
│Availability │gnome/gnome-panel │
├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
│Interface stability │Volatile │
└─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┘
SEE ALSOattributes(5)NOTES
Written by Brian Cameron, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2003, 2007.
SunOS 5.11 27 Nov 2007 gnome-cleanup(1)
