From: utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!ARPAVAX:CAD:ESVAX:Cory:cc-18
Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards
Title: Re: recovering lost files
Article-I.D.: ucbcory.648
Posted: Sat May 29 00:59:23 1982
Received: Sun May 30 01:28:08 1982

"A knife is a wonderful tool--it cuts what you tell it to."

So does a chain saw.  "rm foo*" versus "rm foo *" is a slip of the
finger, or of the mind, and is of the order of using an unguarded
chain saw.  Would the author of the above show any fear if I habitually
used a chain saw in his living room, trusting in me not to fumble
to preserve his furniture or his limbs?

Furthermore, fingers cut with knives heal.  Links cut with "rm foo *"
don't.  Hence the chain saw is the better analogy.

~r .sig
~p
(Aw, goddamit!)

Michael Chastain
Cory.cc-18@Berkeley (ARPA)
ucbvax!Cory:cc-18   (UUCP)