I wouldn't worry about it. That user has a long history of thinking up unlikely (but plausible) scenarios in which things can fail and then posting as if that means you just shouldn't do anything. Understand that, as a long time admin, he has probably encountered every single one of these problems - and they are real world problems - so they are fresh in his mind.Do you have any idea why he disagrees and says that you are wrong to claim that everything is back to default?
It's just that it's not really relevant if you are just trying to get things working again quickly.
Two other comments:
1) The suggestion to rename them is good. Always better than removing.
2) If I were going to remove them, a safer command is:
$ rm -rv .config .local
I always try to avoid using * with rm, because of the old bugaboo where if you happen to type a space before the *, bad things happen. Better to use recursion so that the "rm" command does the globbing and not the shell. Also, I would use the completion facility of the shell. I.e., I would type in .con<tab> and let it fill, rather than rely on my typing skills.
Finally, note that "v" in the above command. In this case, it means you will probably see a *lot* of output, but it is usually a good idea nevertheless to include the verbose option on "rm" to avoid later surprises.
Statistics: Posted by BigRedMailbox — Fri Mar 07, 2025 6:54 am