Re: which half are you in?
Russell, 2002-Oct-21 13:49 +1000:
> dave mallery wrote:
> >
> > hi list!
> >
> > there's a saying that all people are in two groups:
> >
> > those who have done an rm -R * in root
> > and those who have not done it yet.
> >
> > last evening, i joined the former group after six years of linux and a
> > lifetime of computing...
>
> It takes a bit of conditioning of your habits to avoid
> these kinds of errors. I've never been locked out of my
> car because i *know* that it would happen if i didn't
> always lock the door with the key.
>
> Likewise, when doing a recursive delete of directories
> as root, always do "pwd" or "ls -al" if your path isn't
> displayed in the prompt. Another way is to do the delete
> from midnight commander where you can see everything.
I've locked myself out of my car, my house, my office...and I've done
rm -R * in /etc before. I can sympathize.
jc
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Jeff Coppock Systems Engineer
Diggin' Debian Admin and User
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