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Carlos --------- Mensaje reenviado -------- De: Carlos Nieves Ónega <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Para: geda-dev@seul.org Asunto: Re: gEDA: PCB and GAFs use of /tmp to protect us when we are being really dumb Fecha: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 19:41:52 +0100 El jue, 16-02-2006 a las 11:10 -0800, Steve Meier escribió: [snip] > So, since i was using emacs which generated backup files with the "~" > character at the end of the file name I type... > > rm * > > notice that i forgot the damn "~" and poof all that work was gone.... [snip] There is one possibility to protect a little more the backup copies... I'm talking about schematic.sch~ and #schematic.sch# in the working directory, not in /tmp: If the backup copies are set to "read only", the command "rm *" will ask the user if he really wants to delete those files. The only drawback is when you really want to delete the backup copies: you should first set the files writable, and then delete them (best way), or issue "rm -f *" (this one would not ask the user). One possible patch attached. Comments? Carlos
