From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!npoiv!hou5f!hou5b!hou5c!hou5e!mat Newsgroups: net.sources,net.unix-wizards Title: Re: rm ABC* Article-I.D.: hou5e.209 Posted: Wed Feb 16 12:00:43 1983 Received: Sun Feb 20 08:55:24 1983 References: turtleva.160 Yes, dsw(i) way to do it under generic UN*X (ie v6). Dsw at one time read the console switches to determine whether or not you wanted a file destroyed! Rather unportable, I'd say. As an aside, dsw comes from a telegrapher's abbreviation fo the Russian word for ``so long'', which transliterates ``dossv'donye'' or ``DoSsW'donye'' This according to a person who got it from a person who overheard it from someone who was reported to be a close friend of ... from someone who claimed to actually have heard it from Ken.