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Re: [coreutils] A more forgiving rm.
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Pádraig Brady |
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Re: [coreutils] A more forgiving rm. |
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Mon, 09 Aug 2010 14:04:38 +0100 |
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On 07/08/10 01:17, Dan Hipschman wrote:
> Hi,
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> As reticent as I am to admit it, I occasionally `rm' something I don't
> want to.
> Subject: [PATCH] rm: add a --blacklist option to safeguard deleting certain
> files
I'm not sure an option like this would help much.
It might give a false sense of security more than anything.
Between rm -I, immutable flags, ACLS and backups
one is suitably covered.
cheers,
Pádraig.