Martin Tournoij typed on 06/05/07 05:23: > On Sat 05 May 2007 18:05, Garrett Cooper wrote: >> Martin Tournoij wrote: >>> On Sat 05 May 2007 17:05, Ray wrote: >>>> Hello all, >>>> I did something stupid the other day (sleep deprivation combined with a >>>> "clever" hack were the main reasons), and I'm just curious if I did >>>> the right thing afterwards. >>>> >>>> The mistake: >>>> /usr/local/# rm -f * >>>> note that root was running bash as a shell at the time, found in >>>> /usr/local/bin or something. >>>> >>>> What I did was to start over, reinstall from scratch. >>>> my question, was there an easier way? >>>> thanks, >>>> Ray >>> You can use pkg_info -ga to check for missing files in your packages. >> For (t)csh: >> alias rm "rm -i" >> >> For (ba)sh: >> alias rm="rm -i" >> >> Now that you've learned :). >> >> Martin's suggestion is good though -- would have done that considering that >> all that lived in /usr/local were ports. >> >> -Garrett > > The problem with this is that it will ask confirmation for every file it > deleted. > Which is gets pretty annoying after a while, also, if you delete a > directory containing a 100 files, you will have to press 'y' a 100 > times. > This will probably lead to the habit of using 'rm -f', and/or simply > pressing y all the time without actually looking at the confirmation > message. > In any case, it's not likely to prevent any such accidents. > For the sake of it: You could use rm -I: quoting the rm man page: -I Request confirmation once if more than three files are being removed or if a directory is being recursively removed. This is a far less intrusive option than -i yet provides almost the same level of protection against mistakes.
Output looks like this: # rm -fI * remove 10 files? Would even be better if it would list e.g. 2 or 3 files. > A better solution would be to write a script that would move files > instead of deleting them. > You should name this script to something else than rm, when you're > working with a new or "foreign" system, you will expect rm to move > files, instead of deleting them ... and we can all see another > disaster coming there... true, sometimes fingers have a memory of their own ;) > > Another hint would be the 'rmstar' option in tcsh, when set, tcsh will > ask confirmation before executing 'rm *'. > > Note that aliasing 'cp' and 'mv' to 'cp -i' and 'mv -i' is an > *extremely* wise idea, in the past I have often accidentally overwritten > files that should not have been overwritten, leading to various > problems. > _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"