[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > So, should "settrans" refuse to set a translator if the > > translating program (in this case /dev/hd1s1) is not executable > > or is there any reason not to do this? > > It seems reasonable to make it refuse unless you give it a -f > option; or perhaps prompt for confirmation the way rm does if you > try to remove an unwritable file. > > I hope you don't mean that settrans should prompt by default, cause > that is just silly. A --interactive switch might be a good idea > though.
I have no particular idea about which way it should go. Prompting the way rm does seems for unwritable files harmless to me.
