On Sat, Aug 07, 2004 at 10:48:20PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > You should have a "soft remove"... "rm -rf *" is a joke so old > I can't believe anyone still gets bitten by it. > > the "rm" command should be aliased to a script which moves the > target file to a "trashcan" directory somewhere which then gets > checked by a "cron" job which does a permanent remove of any files > which haven't been accessed in 10 days. then you implement a > "mr" command which lists the trashcan directory and allows you to > retrieve stuff you've fatfingered with the "rm" command. > > Somewhere I've got C-shell scripts to do all this (which I'll be > using if I can ever get Woody up).
Nah, screw all that noise. Half the fun of executing 'rm' is the fact that you know you have a loaded revolver on your temple. Keeps you on your toes, which I think makes me a smarter user. Do I have backups? Is this crisp? Am I thinking clearly? I like the deadly rm. If I screw up, boy, then I sure should have been thinking more clearly, eh? Trashcan is too squishy. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
