OT: the rm bug hit me again
Tom Diehl
tdiehl at rogueind.com
Wed Oct 25 22:12:31 UTC 2006
On Wed, 25 Oct 2006, Arthur Pemberton wrote:
> On 10/25/06, Robin Laing <Robin.Laing at drdc-rddc.gc.ca> wrote:
>> Kevin Kofler wrote:
>> > Charles Curley <charlescurley <at> charlescurley.com> writes:
>> >
>> >>>The core skill I learnt as a sysadmin was not "don't do rm *" but "pause
>> >>>and THINK before pressing return".
>> >>
>> >>Or run "ls ..." first, then uparrow and replace the ls with the rm.
>> >
>> >
>> > Or use a graphical file manager. Krusader not only lets you see what
>> you're
>> > deleting while you're selecting it, it also prompts you for confirmation,
>> > presenting the list of the files and/or directories you're deleting again
>> (i.e.
>> > it implicitly does the ls).
>> >
>> > Kevin Kofler
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
>> Graphical file manager? That isn't the *nix way of doing things. :)
>>
>> And the -f in the rm command it to stop the "Confirm delete?" questions.
>> My rm is set to confirm all deletes using alias.
>>
>> --
>
> How exactly did you do this? I got bit by this bug once in my Linux
> life, would prefer it never happens again.
Bug?? What bug?? I see no bug here. rm is working as it is supposed to.
I did not see the OP but what is described here is NOTABUG.
Regards,
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