[CentOS] Are these steps for re-installing Gnome correct/safe?

Wed Aug 17 02:59:10 UTC 2005
Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams <ivazquez at ivazquez.net>

On Wed, 2005-08-17 at 11:46 +0900, Dave Gutteridge wrote:
> >mkdir ~/gnome-backup-$(date +%F) && mv ~/.gconf/apps/nautilus
> >~/.gconf/apps/metacity ~/.gnome* ~/gnome-backup-$(date +%F)
> >
> Okay, so if I understand these commands correctly, this will back up my 
> current Gnome settings in case anything goes horribly wrong.
> 
> But I still need to know if the steps I intend to take are correct:

1) Log out of GNOME.
2) Switch to a console (Ctrl-Alt-F1 should work).
3) Log in as yourself.
4) Run the commands.
5) Log out.
6) Switch back to X (Ctrl-Alt-F7).
7) Log into GNOME.

No package removal or installation necessary. Isn't Unix fun?!

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