From: Gordon@leaf.net.nz   
      
   On 2024-04-08, Bill Evans  wrote:   
   > On 4/8/24 3:54 AM, Paul wrote:   
   >> 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   
   >   
   > I appreciate this and will try and refer to it in the future, but I'm   
   > considering installing a "system restore" feature, similar to Win, if   
   > one is available for Ubuntu, similar to one like featured here:   
   >   
   >   
   > https://ostechnix.com/systemback-restore-ubuntu-desktop-and-se   
   ver-to-previous-state/   
   >   
   > Not sure about the software there, but I do wonder if anyone can   
   > recommend something similar so the next time, I simply take a snapshot   
   > before installation and, if no good, restore to original snapshot?   
      
      
   Have a look at Timeshift.  https://github.com/linuxmint/timeshift   
      
   As noted here and elsewhere snapshots go better/faster with Btrfs or zfs   
   file systems.   
      
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