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hillsdalebob	2008-01-22 , 22:57
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I've got GPE-Contacts up and running on my N800. Works great. But, I can only delete contacts by doing so one at a time. That can take a LOT of time if I am deleting lots of contacts.

Anyone figure out how to delete multiple contacts (or all contacts) in one step?

I did try uninstalling GPE-Contacts and installing it again. All the old contacts were still there.

Last edited by hillsdalebob; 2008-01-22 at 23:00.

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	Saturn	2008-01-22 , 23:38
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open an xterm;

Code:

cd /home/user/.gpe
mv contacts contacts.bak

if you want delete it completely, replace the mv .. line with:

Code:

rm contacts

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hillsdalebob	2008-01-23 , 02:08
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OK - I'm about to show how much of a newbie I am.

How does one open an "xterm"? I assume I need to install an xterm application. Where does one get that? This looks like a dos command line command - which I am familiar with.

THANKS in advance.