On 2004.10.02 16:48:46 +0200, Dimitry Andric wrote: > On 2004-10-02 at 10:19:28 Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > > > His idea was remarkably simple, so I went ahead and wrote this patch for > > rm(1) of FreeBSD: > > Of course, your work is commendable, but isn't is much simpler to just > not type commands like that? I mean, "rm -rf /etc" or "rm -rf /bin" > are just as bad, but do you really want to be checking for all > possible `bad' deletions? That way, we'll start to look like some > software from Redmond... :)
As keramida has noted this particular case is more likely to be made by mistake than many others, e.g. by doing "rm -rf / foo/bar" where "rm -rf /foo/bar/" was meant. Therefor I really think keramidas _optional_ foot-shooting feature is a nice thing. I know I will enable it on my systems if it's committed, and probably keep it as a local patch if not. -- Simon L. Nielsen FreeBSD Bikeshed Team
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