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   Paul to Bill Evans   
   Re: how do I undo what was installed fro   
   08 Apr 24 03:54:35   
   
   From: nospam@needed.invalid   
      
   On 4/8/2024 1:03 AM, Bill Evans wrote:   
      
   > I decided to go with my most recent back up, from late Jan, 2024.  Most of   
   what had changed were emails and browser, so just transferred over the config   
   files and good to go.  I didn't feel confident trying to uninstall the tools   
   and the compiled    
   program without messing something up.  Needless to say, I WON'T be trying to   
   use this program again anytime soon.  I've tried installing it in the past   
   and was never able to get it working correctly even then.  It does have a lot   
   of features if I ever    
   did get it working, but I use a much lighter and easier to install program   
   that is adequate.  Only issue is that the one I use hadn't been updated for   
   over 5 years, so I suppose one day that it will stop working but for now it   
   works fine.  Thanks again    
   for trying to help   
      
   I doubt you would screw things up.   
      
   Really, the biggest liability, might be something left   
   in the tree after   
      
      sudo make install   
      
   But there may be ways to work on that, such as listing   
   all files by date. And noting the particular day   
   you blasted them in.   
      
   *******   
      
   These are two commands for listing files   
   or listing directories, into output listings.   
      
   cd ~/Downloads   
      
   df               # This lists various mounted file systems, like from the   
   automounter   
      
   # In the example, a limited portion of tree is being listed, but you can use /   
   instead   
      
   find /media/WIN2KAS -type d -exec ls -al -1 -d --full-time {} + >   
   directories.txt   
   find /media/WIN2KAS -type f -exec ls -al -1    --full-time {} + > filelist.txt   
      
   And just for you, this version of the filelist example,   
   will make it so that column one is a timestamp suited to   
   sorting in LibreOffice Calc. There are two timestamps plus the filename.   
   The first field has been made ten digits wide, with leading 0 added   
   if the field is not wide enough to make ten digits. In LibreOffice Calc   
   you can use Data:Sort just like excel, with a default extended selection.   
      
   sudo find /media/WIN2KAS -type f -exec stat --printf='%010Y %y %n\n' {} + >   
   statlist.txt   
      
      Paul   
      
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