Hello. Richard Dawe wrote: [snip] > You could set up an alias for 'rm'. I have the following aliases in > /root/.bashrc on my Linux box: > > alias cp='cp -i' > alias mv='mv -i' > alias rm='rm -i' > > Indeed, even root makes mistakes sometimes. ;)
Just in case you aren't psychic (my reply was a bit, er, concise), '-i' means interactive mode, so it will ask you about deleting/overwriting files for rm/cp & mv. Bye, Rich =] -- Richard Dawe [ http://www.phekda.freeserve.co.uk/richdawe/ ] _______________________________________________ Bug-fileutils mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-fileutils
