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Re: What is this BASH Code Doing?

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On Mon, 08 Oct 2018 22:09:11 +0000, F. Russell wrote:

> 
> The grep determines the positions of all those files
> and then passes that info to the dd loop which then
> extracts those files.
> 

Hooray!  Using this bash code, I was able to extract all
the files from the FoxitReader installer -- without having
to run the installer.  It's NEVER a god idea to allow some
foreign COMMERCIAL software to take control of ones system.

Foxitreader is not a bad program -- but then it uses
a lot of FOSS software.

However, I found that FR uses these two directories
for its configuration files and, unlike, traditional
Unix software, it does not inform the user:

~/.local/share/Foxit Software

~/.config/Foxit Software

Note the spaces in the file names.  What idiocy!

A program is always supposed to document EXACTLY where
all its files are located.  But the commercial packages
that are transplanted from Microshit, as well as bloated
Linux DE software, will fail in this obligation.

At least, unlike on Microshit, there is no Linux "registry"
to pollute with all sorts of scattered junk.

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What is this BASH Code Doing? fr314159@gmail.com - 2018-10-08 11:02 -0700
  Re: What is this BASH Code Doing? Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-10-08 11:27 -0700
  Re: What is this BASH Code Doing? owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2018-10-08 21:04 +0000
    Re: What is this BASH Code Doing? "F. Russell" <fr@random.info> - 2018-10-08 22:09 +0000
      Re: What is this BASH Code Doing? Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-10-08 15:52 -0700
        Re: What is this BASH Code Doing? Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-10-09 08:17 -0700
          Re: What is this BASH Code Doing? Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-10-09 14:14 -0700
      Re: What is this BASH Code Doing? Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-10-09 02:04 -0700
        Re: What is this BASH Code Doing? Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-10-09 11:25 -0700
      Re: What is this BASH Code Doing? "F. Russell" <fr@random.info> - 2018-10-10 09:11 +0000
        Re: What is this BASH Code Doing? Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-10-10 02:30 -0700
        Re: What is this BASH Code Doing? Melzzzzz <Melzzzzz@zzzzz.com> - 2018-10-10 18:29 +0000
          Re: What is this BASH Code Doing? fr314159@gmail.com - 2018-10-10 11:42 -0700
            Re: What is this BASH Code Doing? Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2018-10-10 13:32 -0700
              Re: What is this BASH Code Doing? "F. Russell" <fr@random.info> - 2018-10-10 22:59 +0000
                Re: What is this BASH Code Doing? Silicon Vee <siliconvee1945@yahoo.com> - 2018-10-11 01:03 +0200
                Re: What is this BASH Code Doing? Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-10-10 16:32 -0700
                Re: What is this BASH Code Doing? Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-10-10 16:16 -0700
                Re: What is this BASH Code Doing? DFS <nospam@nospam.com> - 2018-10-10 20:01 -0400
                Re: What is this BASH Code Doing? Silicon Vee <siliconvee1945@yahoo.com> - 2018-10-11 02:02 +0200
                Re: What is this BASH Code Doing? DFS <nospam@nospam.com> - 2018-10-10 20:11 -0400
                Re: What is this BASH Code Doing? Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-10-10 17:18 -0700
                Re: What is this BASH Code Doing? "F. Russell" <fr@random.info> - 2018-10-11 00:22 +0000
                Re: What is this BASH Code Doing? Silicon Vee <siliconvee1945@yahoo.com> - 2018-10-11 02:28 +0200
                Re: What is this BASH Code Doing? Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-10-10 17:34 -0700
                Re: What is this BASH Code Doing? Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2018-10-10 17:45 -0700
                Re: What is this BASH Code Doing? Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-10-10 17:50 -0700
                Re: What is this BASH Code Doing? "F. Russell" <fr@random.info> - 2018-10-11 00:58 +0000
                Re: What is this BASH Code Doing? Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2018-10-10 18:15 -0700
                Re: What is this BASH Code Doing? Silicon Vee <siliconvee1945@yahoo.com> - 2018-10-11 04:28 +0200
          Re: What is this BASH Code Doing? Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-10-10 14:59 -0700
    Re: What is this BASH Code Doing? Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-10-08 17:26 -0700
      Re: What is this BASH Code Doing? Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-10-09 09:04 -0700
        Re: What is this BASH Code Doing? Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-10-09 15:33 -0700
          Re: What is this BASH Code Doing? Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-10-10 03:32 -0700

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