On Fri, Jan 19, 2018 at 7:03 PM, Tim <ignored_mailbox@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > Off-topic, but I struck an oddity trying to help a friend using Ubuntu > send a wayward Firefox back to un-munged condition. I laboriously gave > him instructions over the phone to type in: > > rm -rfd .cache/mozilla/firefox > > Only to have it chuck a hissy fit and claim the options were invalid. > I tried changing the r option to R, with no further success. My quick > search for on-line man pages for Unbuntu didn't show anything different > than the options that would work in Fedora. > > Surely it should have worked? My tests with a mocked up directory > structure on my Fedora installation worked without a hitch. > > I did check he was in the right place, to begin with, by getting him to > first enter in: > > ls .cache/mozilla/firefox > > Peruse the results, then change the command at the beginning of the > line. > > In the end I went through another set of laborious instructions to see > the hidden files in his file browser, and make his was through to the > right path. > > It wasn't helped by his (very) old Ubuntu installation having no menus, > so had to figure out how to open a terminal without being able to see > what he was doing, likewise for where they'd stashed the file browser. Hi Tim; Please make certain which "rm" is being used. Try "/bin/rm" to make sure that it is not an alias problem or a path problem. HIH, Ken _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
