From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!floyd!vax135!cornell!pavel Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Title: Re: recovering lost files Article-I.D.: cornell.3064 Posted: Tue Jun 1 19:29:30 1982 Received: Wed Jun 2 03:03:10 1982 References: we13.264 Better than trying to remember to use a command like 'save' is to set the csh variable 'noclobber', which will at least prevent you from '>'ing into an existing file. If you don't use the csh, then here's another reason to do so. BTW, I don't buy the explanation that people necessarily must remember to be careful; they will always make mistakes and a good environment should either notice dumb things and ask for confirmation or provide a method for 'undoing' such errors. Pavel Curtis