The command
init_home_desktop
(maintained on debian31:/software/bin/init_home_desktop) is available for linux xhiered machines.
init_home_desktop - move aside desktop files for kde and gnome
to allow them to be re-generated on login.
files moved to a unique directory whose title is "#.init_home_desktop.nnnn"
where nnnn is the process ID.
invocation: init_home_desktop [user]
user defaults to the current user.
[user] is ignored unless run by root.
if run by root without a user parameter, verifies operation before moving
root's files.
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DanielAllen - 1 Nov 2006