Alexander Skwar wrote:
> No, you're not wrong, but the default in a Mandrake installation is, that rm
> is an alias to "rm -i", and thus rm asks, whereas the default of kfmsu is to
> not ask, or maybe ask once for the whole files.
>
> Alexander Skwar
Okay, thanks. Guess that with rm being what
On Sun, Jul 09, 2000 at 11:23:21PM -0400, Ronald J. Hall wrote:
> Not wanting to get too "techie" here, but rm
> will only ask you that if the correct option is
> passed to it, or alias'ed in your batch profile.
> (or whatever shell you're using)... Correct me
> if I'm wrong here...
No, you're no
Alexander Skwar wrote:
> See, and that's the exact reason why I'd suggest to put the SuperUser
> FileManager as far away as possible! It's at least as easy if not easier to
> delete your harddrives with a graphical frontend than it is by typing rm /
> as root, and besides typing rm / will ask yo
Hi, I pretty much do what Paul does, except I either
go to a Alt-Cntrl-F1 and log in as root and do what I
need to do from command line or in midnight commander
or just go to Gnome ... I use Gnome exclusively for root
stuff and use KDE for user stuff. Simple stuff, like moving
mp3s and other file
On Sun, 9 Jul 2000, Alexander Skwar wrote:
>On Sun, Jul 09, 2000 at 09:00:10AM +0200, Paul wrote:
>> In the end it always boils down to "do it the way it works for you".
>
>Sure, but mentioning "more secure against errors" and "graphical interface"
>in one sentence really, really hurts IMO.
I pe
On Sat, Jul 08, 2000 at 10:59:42PM -0500, Benjamin Sher wrote:
> However, if you are trying to copy, move or delete large directories
> (with many subdirectories), it is both much more convenient as well as
> much safer to use the SuperUser FileManager. The fear of losing
> EVERYTHING by typing th
On Sun, Jul 09, 2000 at 09:00:10AM +0200, Paul wrote:
> In the end it always boils down to "do it the way it works for you". Or as
Sure, but mentioning "more secure against errors" and "graphical interface"
in one sentence really, really hurts IMO.
Alexander Skwar
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Alexander Skwar wrote:
>
> On Sat, Jul 08, 2000 at 02:48:25PM -0500, Benjamin Sher wrote:
> > It needs a special icon all to itself. That's how important it is.
>
> Important? Well, I'm using Linux for ~3 years now, and since that time I
Dear Alexander and friends:
Who needs the SuperUser Fil
