ah you guys are awesome. thank you for the link.
On Tue, Jul 05, 2005 at 02:22:13PM +0100, Stuart Henderson wrote:
> Dragonfly have 'rm -I' (ask for confirmation if deleting >3 files or
> -r) which works very well. Used routinely (e.g. in an alias in login
> shells), I think it gives better protection than 'rm -i' since the
> prompt is rare en
--On 05 July 2005 08:11 -0500, imEnsion wrote:
hahaha. in one of my sleep deprived moments a couple years ago.. i was
messing with kernel compiles and such, when i mistakenly did... rm -rf
/etc instead of rm -rf etc
one reason to keep softdep turned off on / ;-)
Dragonfly have 'rm -I' (ask fo
hahaha. in one of my sleep deprived moments a couple years ago.. i was
messing with kernel compiles and such, when i mistakenly did... rm -rf
/etc instead of rm -rf etc
of course i immediately realized this and hit ctrl + c
needless to say, the box was unimportant (THANK GOD) and this was back
wh
On Monday 04 of July 2005 21:25, Todd C. Miller wrote:
> In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> so spake unixadmin99 (unixadmin99):
> > Accidently emptied half the contents of src.tar.gz into /usr/bin while
> > undergoing an install under the intoxication of sleep.
>
> Be glad you didn't do this
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
so spake unixadmin99 (unixadmin99):
> Accidently emptied half the contents of src.tar.gz into /usr/bin while
> undergoing an install under the intoxication of sleep.
Be glad you didn't do this in /usr (as I have done). Things
get downright unhappy when /usr
On 7/4/05, John Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 04, 2005 at 09:00:18AM +0100, unixadmin99 wrote:
> > Oops!
> > Accidently emptied half the contents of src.tar.gz into /usr/bin while
> > undergoing an install under the intoxication of sleep.
> > What's the most efficient way of recti
On Mon, Jul 04, 2005 at 09:00:18AM +0100, unixadmin99 wrote:
> Oops!
> Accidently emptied half the contents of src.tar.gz into /usr/bin while
> undergoing an install under the intoxication of sleep.
> What's the most efficient way of rectifying this?
src.tar.gz is mostly directories and /usr/bin s
On Mon, 4 Jul 2005, Thanos Tsouanas wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 04, 2005 at 10:22:13AM +0200, Otto Moerbeek wrote:
> >
> > On Mon, 4 Jul 2005, Thanos Tsouanas wrote:
> >
> > > tar tvfz src.tar.gz | xargs rm -f
> >
> > But might throw away some files that belong in /usr/bin
>
> Hmmm.. how is that?
On Mon, 4 Jul 2005, Thanos Tsouanas wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 04, 2005 at 09:00:18AM +0100, unixadmin99 wrote:
> > Oops!
> > Accidently emptied half the contents of src.tar.gz into /usr/bin while
> > undergoing an install under the intoxication of sleep.
> > What's the most efficient way of rectifying
On Mon, Jul 04, 2005 at 10:22:13AM +0200, Otto Moerbeek wrote:
>
> On Mon, 4 Jul 2005, Thanos Tsouanas wrote:
>
> > tar tvfz src.tar.gz | xargs rm -f
>
> But might throw away some files that belong in /usr/bin
Hmmm.. how is that? I mean, /usr/bin has no further
directories, while everythin
On Mon, 4 Jul 2005, Thanos Tsouanas wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 04, 2005 at 09:00:18AM +0100, unixadmin99 wrote:
> > Oops!
> > Accidently emptied half the contents of src.tar.gz into /usr/bin while
> > undergoing an install under the intoxication of sleep.
> > What's the most efficient way of rectifying
On Mon, Jul 04, 2005 at 11:07:21AM +0300, Thanos Tsouanas wrote:
> Something like..
>
> tar tvfz src.tar.gz | xargs rm -f
>
> should work...
Sorry, I forgot to mention a
cd /usr/bin
before that.
--
Thanos Tsouanas .: Sians
http://thanos.sians.org/ .: http://www.sians.org/
On Mon, Jul 04, 2005 at 09:00:18AM +0100, unixadmin99 wrote:
> Oops!
> Accidently emptied half the contents of src.tar.gz into /usr/bin while
> undergoing an install under the intoxication of sleep.
> What's the most efficient way of rectifying this?
Something like..
tar tvfz src.tar.gz | xargs r
Oops!
Accidently emptied half the contents of src.tar.gz into /usr/bin while
undergoing an install under the intoxication of sleep.
What's the most efficient way of rectifying this?
--
~michael
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