You might already have the answer to this, but check the .bashrc file and
you will find that an alias has been setup with the -i option. No doubt to
protect us newbies.. :)
Cya,
Pete
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> From: Jim Kannengieser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: c
>Hi. I'm new to Linux, having just installed Red Hat 5.0 on my system >last
>weekend, but I'm not new to Unix. I was surprised to find that many
>commands ask for confirmations, particularly rm. I took a look at the >man,
>but couldn't find a flag to turn confirmations off. Anyone have a
>suggesti
On Tue, 7 Apr 1998, Jim Kannengieser wrote:
> Hi. I'm new to Linux, having just installed Red Hat 5.0 on my system last
> weekend, but I'm not new to Unix. I was surprised to find that many
> commands ask for confirmations, particularly rm. I took a look at the man,
This is a Redhatism, and I co
Define some of the following aliases in your /etc/bashrc
alias cp='cp -iv'
alias mv='mv -i'
alias rm='rm -i'
Jim Kannengieser wrote:
>
> Hi. I'm new to Linux, having just installed Red Hat 5.0 on my system last
> weekend, but I'm not new to Unix. I was surprised to find that many
> commands a
> Hi. I'm new to Linux, having just installed Red Hat 5.0 on my system last
> weekend, but I'm not new to Unix. I was surprised to find that many
> commands ask for confirmations, particularly rm. I took a look at the man,
> but couldn't find a flag to turn confirmations off. Anyone have a
> sugge
Hi. I'm new to Linux, having just installed Red Hat 5.0 on my system last
weekend, but I'm not new to Unix. I was surprised to find that many
commands ask for confirmations, particularly rm. I took a look at the man,
but couldn't find a flag to turn confirmations off. Anyone have a
suggestion? It'
