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Re: lynx-dev Jeez now I've started a non-Lynx discussion
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David Combs |
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Re: lynx-dev Jeez now I've started a non-Lynx discussion |
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Mon, 26 Apr 1999 17:57:07 -0700 |
On Sun, Apr 25, 1999 at 11:32:31PM -0400, Chuck Martin wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 25, 1999 at 07:33:58PM -0700, address@hidden wrote:
>
> > be nice. It seems obvious to me that if I give a directory to 'rm', I mean
> > that I want to delete the directory and its contents. Since any sane person
> > has -i on by default, it won't lead to accidents either.)
>
> I won't argue the point that I'm not entirely sane :-) but I'd be
> annoyed by all the extra prompting I'd get with the -i flag, especially
> when deleting multiple files. Yes, I know I could use -f, but I don't
> see how it's any more difficult to type "rm -r" than "rm -f", and not
> using -i has never caused me any problems.
>
<snip>
Well, "\rm" ignores the alias-lookup.
Myself, when I want to remove a whole bunch of files,
instead of "rm *.foo foo.* `cat t.nam`" etc,
and getting it into the history-list (csh) where an
inadvertent "!?rm" could really screw me, I do:
mv (all that stuff above) todelete/todelete/todelete
(three deep, so a .* doesn't get a ".." that can hurt :-( )
and then cd there, ls -sF, look at that for a while,
and THEN "sh", pwd, ls -lsAt (just to make sure), and
FINALLY rm *.
"rm" is really scary, at least to me.
At least with the sh, it doesn't end up on the csh history list.
David
- Re: lynx-dev directories & folders, (continued)
- lynx-dev slash vs no-slash (was link runaround), Philip Webb, 1999/04/25
- lynx-dev Jeez now I've started a non-Lynx discussion, mattack, 1999/04/25
- Re: lynx-dev Jeez now I've started a non-Lynx discussion, Philip Webb, 1999/04/25
- Re: lynx-dev Jeez now I've started a non-Lynx discussion, pg, 1999/04/26
- Re: lynx-dev Jeez now I've started a non-Lynx discussion, Chuck Martin, 1999/04/25
- lynx-dev NOT slash vs no-slash (was: Jeez now I've started ...), Klaus Weide, 1999/04/26
- Re: lynx-dev NOT slash vs no-slash (was: Jeez now I've started ...), Chuck Martin, 1999/04/26
- Re: lynx-dev Jeez now I've started a non-Lynx discussion,
David Combs <=
- Re: lynx-dev Jeez now I've started a non-Lynx discussion, Chuck Martin, 1999/04/27
- Re: lynx-dev dev.24 Archive link runaround, Klaus Weide, 1999/04/26
Re: lynx-dev dev.24 Archive link runaround, Larry W. Virden, 1999/04/26
Re: lynx-dev dev.24 Archive link runaround, Henry Nelson, 1999/04/26