"Kendall P. Bullen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > This is a fallacy. (Or maybe Unix geeks aren't as smart as DOS > geeks?) I set up something of my own and am no more nor less likely > to delete the wrong file. Despite DOS's undelete, Norton's unerase, > Novell's salvage, and my own version under Linux -- I haven't shot > myself in the foot in eons. I haven't even had to go to my .trash > directory in a long time. I only go there occasionally to clean it > out.
Some other people may shoot themselves in the foot if they don't learn that rm is in most Unix/Linux systems a powerful and unforgiving beast that does its work irreversibly. Thinking that rm is kinder and gentler than it is may lead to carelessness in deleting files. -- /Tommi K/ The truth is out there: http://members.aol.com/tprice1995/birdy.html