OT: the rm bug hit me again

[Arthur Pemberton]

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.

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