On Tue, Feb 05, 2002 at 05:16:29AM -0500, Matthew Carpenter wrote: >unless of course you meant to type >rm -rf *.bak > >and accidently typed > >rm -rf * (and hit return prematurely) > >DOH! <slaps himself in the face for past mistakes>
Experience is the best teacher :-). I learned a long time ago (1) to always ``cd'' to a directory before doing an ``rm *'' in that directory instead of ``rm dir/*'' since a space after the slash does nasty things, and (2) to think really hard before using the ``*'' to make sure I've typed it correctly. Bill -- INTERNET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bill Campbell; Celestial Software LLC UUCP: camco!bill PO Box 820; 6641 E. Mercer Way FAX: (206) 232-9186 Mercer Island, WA 98040-0820; (206) 236-1676 URL: http://www.celestial.com/ When only cops have guns, it's called a ``police state''. -- Claire Wolfe, "101 Things To Do Until The Revolution" _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL.
