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Re: Deprecating mv's --reply={yes,no,query} option
From: |
James Youngman |
Subject: |
Re: Deprecating mv's --reply={yes,no,query} option |
Date: |
Thu, 30 Jun 2005 11:00:02 +0100 |
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Mutt/1.5.9i |
On Thu, Jun 30, 2005 at 09:51:30AM +0100, Tim Waugh wrote:
> Some Linux distributions have alias rm="rm -i" for root, and the way
> to avoid the prompt then is --reply=yes. It's useful to have an
> option that undoes the effect of '-i', IMHO.
Alternatives:
# /bin/rm foo
# unalias rm
I prefer the second. The alias becomes a handicap as soon as you
start to rely on it, especially in a heterogeneous environment.
James.
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- Re: Bug#160849: coreutils: bug report for GNU Core Utils, Andreas 'ads' Scherbaum, 2005/06/24
- Re: Bug#160849: coreutils: bug report for GNU Core Utils, Jim Meyering, 2005/06/24
- Re: Bug#160849: coreutils: bug report for GNU Core Utils, Bob Proulx, 2005/06/24
- Re: Bug#160849: coreutils: bug report for GNU Core Utils, Michael Stone, 2005/06/24
- Deprecating mv's --reply={yes,no,query} option, Jim Meyering, 2005/06/30
- Re: Deprecating mv's --reply={yes,no,query} option, Tim Waugh, 2005/06/30
- Re: Deprecating mv's --reply={yes,no,query} option, Jim Meyering, 2005/06/30
- Re: Deprecating mv's --reply={yes,no,query} option, Tim Waugh, 2005/06/30
- Re: Deprecating mv's --reply={yes,no,query} option,
James Youngman <=
- Re: Deprecating mv's --reply={yes,no,query} option, Bob Proulx, 2005/06/30
- Re: Bug#160849: coreutils: bug report for GNU Core Utils, Andreas Schwab, 2005/06/24