Hi, Pierre, I created the directory schema and a bunch of sub-directories and keys. I have successfully deleted all the keys but no luck in deleting the directories. As I have shown in my previous mail, I can not find the directories. I have also considered the possibility that the directory may be recorded inside a .xml file. Unfortunately, "sudo find / -name *.xml -exec grep /schema/ {} \;" outputs nothing. Thank you for your time, anyway. Best Regards, On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 10:44 AM, Pierre Kleiber <pkleiber.hi@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > If I'm interpreting your first message correctly, it seems like one of those > directories named "schema" must be the one that you mistakenly created. > After you created it, did you put anything into it?... If not, and if one is > empty, then that should be the one you want to delete. > If you knew what ought to correctly be in "schemas", then the "schema" > directory with that stuff in it should be the one to delete. Unfortunately I > know nothing about what that stuff should be. So I'm afraid I can't be of > more help. > > Cheers, Pierre > > > Auguste Pop offered the following remark on 10/30/10 23:31... >> >> Hi, Pierre, >> >> I have already tried "sudo find / -name schema", but could not find >> the directory I am looking for. What should I search instead? >> >> For your reference, "sudo find / -name schema" find 3 directories, namely >> /usr/share/GConf/schema >> /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/_xmlplus/schema >> /usr/lib/go-openoffice/basis3.2/share/registry/schema >> Despite the promising name of the first directory, it contains only >> one file: evoldap.schema >> >> Best Regards, >> >> On Sun, Oct 31, 2010 at 3:14 PM, Pierre Kleiber<pkleiber.hi@xxxxxxxxx> >> Âwrote: >>> >>> Two utilities that help you find things are locate and find >>> Read about them by doing "man find" or "man locate" >>> >>> Cheers >>> >>> Auguste Pop offered the following remark on 10/30/10 01:06... >>>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> Thank you for your reply. I guess deleting the directory would be OK >>>> as long as I know where the directory is. I mistyped /schemas/... into >>>> /schema/.... And I can not find it in my ~/.gconf directory, and >>>> neither in /root/.gconf. Where should I look now? >>>> >>>> Thank you for your kind attention. >>>> >>>> Best Regards, >>>> >>>> >>>> On Sat, Oct 30, 2010 at 12:24 AM, Steven<steven.young.1@xxxxxxxxx> >>>> Âwrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hi, ive never used gconf but can't you just use rm? >>>>> (sudo rm -r /path/to/directory) >>>>> >>>>> [*WARNING NEVER USE RM IN THE / DIRECTORY WITHOUT EXTREME CAUTION*] >>>>> >>>>> On Fri, 2010-10-29 at 14:18 +0800, Auguste Pop wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Hi, >>>>>> >>>>>> I created a wrong directory for my own application in gconf by a typo. >>>>>> When I try to remove it by gconf_engine_remove_dir, I got the GError >>>>>> stating: "Failed: Remove directory operation is no longer supported, >>>>>> just remove all the values in the directory." >>>>>> >>>>>> Should I reinstall the whole system to get rid of the directory? >>>>>> Living with it is simply not an option Âfor me. Any suggestions? >>>>>> >>>>>> Best Regards, >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> gnome-list mailing list >>>>>> gnome-list@xxxxxxxxx >>>>>> http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-list >>>>> >>>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> gnome-list mailing list >>>> gnome-list@xxxxxxxxx >>>> http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-list >>> >>> -- >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> Pierre Kleiber, Ph.D         ÂEmail: pierre.kleiber@xxxxxxxx >>> Pacific Island Fisheries Science Center    ÂTel. wk: 808 983-5399 >>> NOAA Fisheries                   Âhm: 808 737-7544 >>> 2570 Dole St., Honolulu, HI 96822-2396 >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> "â It's a long long way from Amphioxus, but we all come from there â" >>>                    --- Philip H. Pope >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> >> > > -- > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Pierre Kleiber, Ph.D         ÂEmail: pierre.kleiber@xxxxxxxx > Pacific Island Fisheries Science Center    ÂTel. wk: 808 983-5399 > NOAA Fisheries                   Âhm: 808 737-7544 > 2570 Dole St., Honolulu, HI 96822-2396 > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > "â It's a long long way from Amphioxus, but we all come from there â" >                    --- Philip H. Pope > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > _______________________________________________ gnome-list mailing list gnome-list@xxxxxxxxx http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-list