6600pete@hub.UUCP (12/08/89)
From article <15418@teraida.UUCP>, by jeffy@teraida.UUCP (Jeffrey Youngstrom): > In article <3249@hub.UUCP> 6600pete@hub.UUCP writes: >>this perspective, is unerasure under UNIX a good thing? No. Just do >> alias rm rm -r > Is there a chance you meant to say > alias rm rm -i > ??? Certainly. I stand corrected. I never use -i, but I use -r a LOT. Must have been typing force of habit. This is an *important* point: ALL: DO NOT USE rm -r UNLESS YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IT DOES. rm -i IS SAFE, rm -r CERTAINLY IS NOT! BE VERY CAREFUL WITH rm -r! Gads. Another rookie UN*X mistake on my part. Just what I needed. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pete Gontier | InterNet: 6600pete@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu, BitNet: 6600pete@ucsbuxa Editor, Macker | Online Macintosh Programming Journal; mail for subscription Hire this kid | Mac, DOS, C, Pascal, asm, excellent communication skills