From: utzoo!utcstvax!geoff Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Title: Re: recovering lost files Article-I.D.: utcstvax.118 Posted: Mon May 31 00:51:14 1982 Received: Mon May 31 07:30:16 1982 References: floyd.242 Enough already about rm! This has been endlessly discussed in the Datamation article and its replies. The obvious solution is to have an environment variable (say, CAUTIOUS) to select alternate behaviour such as asking for confirmation. Geoff Collyer, U. of Toronto Computing Services