On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 02:02:45PM -0700, Abraham Chaffin wrote: > I didn't do "rm -r" just "rm /*" I was root when I executed this command. > Ended up reinstalling the os, luckily there wasn't much on the machine and > was really just a backup so nothing was lost. > Not sure what it deleted but it rendered the os useless. > > Thanks for your help and I'll be using "rm *" from now on.
If the '*' is the last character, try typing M-* (Esc-shift-8) after it, to expand it before running the command. -- Tzafrir Cohen | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | VIM is http://tzafrir.org.il | | a Mutt's [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | best ICQ# 16849754 | | friend -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
