Whew. Close call on this one. The man page says that rm comes configured to require a "y" response to erase anything. I tried this out and this was not true.
So, I made an alias: alias rm="rm -i" I tried it out and this time I was asked to respond to each file being erased. Image my chagrin, however, when I saw what I had typed. Instead of: rm junk* I had typed: rm junk * What a difference a single space makes! I suspect that rm sould not have removed directories, but, I am not going to experiment to find out now. Joel > Yes, the rm stuff is important. I'll have to make sure I alias the rm > command to something less damaging. > _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
