Re: rm -r * and the default prompt
I can put that into the chris-cust package ...
On Tue, 20 May 1997, Tom Lees wrote:
>On Mon, 19 May 1997, Christoph Lameter wrote:
>
>> >Anybody should know that before typing "rm -rf *" or an equivolent,
>> >you THINK FIRST, every time.
>>
>> The problem does not arise when you type rm the first time but after you
>> have some confidence and you think you know what you are doing.
>>
>> Everybody knows what you should think first. But who does after getting
>> used to it?
>
>Generally, after installing any system, I add this to ~/.profile for
>root:-
>
>alias rm="/bin/rm -i"
>
>This pretty much stops me from doing anything stupid - especially by a
>typo, like mistyping rm /etc/*~ as rm /etc/*... I did that once :(.
>
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