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)