Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!cuae2!ltuxa!ttrdc!ttrdd!mellman From: mellman@ttrdd.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: ksh question Message-ID: <190@ttrdd.UUCP> Date: Thu, 9-Jul-87 19:26:08 EDT Article-I.D.: ttrdd.190 Posted: Thu Jul 9 19:26:08 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 12-Jul-87 09:48:14 EDT Organization: AT&T, Skokie, IL Lines: 21 Keywords: noclobber After using the csh for a long time, I have recently been introduced to the ksh. And it's great. I'm a new convert. I have only one question. How do people in the ksh world do without noclobber? Is there some trick I don't know about yet, or do other people simply make fewer mistakes than I do? Actually, this applies to system V's cp/mv/ln trio, too. I can't believe people can so blithely tip-toe through their files without being just a little nervous about stomping some out. Don't get me wrong. I'm not one of those people who are so unsteady at the keyboard that they NEVER delete their files themselves - who just move them to some "garbage can", to be delete by a machine. I've even been known to do an rm -rf on occassion - after 4 or 5 double-checks. But sometimes I forget to put the second > at the end of my cat > calendar, and three months of important dates get instantly nipped in the bud. Isn't there something I can do? ihnp4!ttrdd!mellman