On 03/25/09 11:33, Darren Reed wrote: > The problem isn't the *validation* of input, it is the inability to undo > anything once "Enter" is hit.
there's little chance of doing irreversible things by accident with ilbadm - yes, you can type in the wrong rule name, serverID, whatnot when you're destroying stuff ... but you cannot panic the system ;-) > The command line is a place where mistakes *often* get made. I'm not arguing that that isn't the case, I just think that in most cases the commandline will make you realise sooner and therefore let you fix it sooner. > Be creative and try and imagine ways in which a simple mistake could > cause a big problem. there's probably a scenario where a mis-edit in a text file causes havoc for every scenario where a mistake on the commandline does - choose your poison :-) I this aspect alone shouldn't be the decider. Michael -- Michael Schuster http://blogs.sun.com/recursion Recursion, n.: see 'Recursion'
