Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!uwvax!rutgers!iuvax!silver!creps From: creps@silver.bacs.indiana.edu (Steve Creps) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: More categories for aliases (was Re: something or other) Message-ID: <1833@silver.bacs.indiana.edu> Date: 1 Jun 88 18:59:01 GMT References: <1827@silver.bacs.indiana.edu> <1044@cresswell.quintus.UUCP> Reply-To: creps@silver.UUCP (Steve Creps) Distribution: na Organization: Indiana U CSCI Dept Lines: 17 In article <1044@cresswell.quintus.UUCP> ok@quintus.UUCP (Richard A. O'Keefe) writes: >In article <1827@silver.bacs.indiana.edu>, creps@silver (Steve Creps) writes: >> - To set default flags for a command (i.e. "alias rm rm -i" makes -i a default >> flag for rm instead of -f) >"-f" is NOT a default for rm. It is on our system (which runs Ultrix 2.0). Actually, from what I've heard on the net, "-f" is indeed the default for rm on most Unix-based systems. At least, I've heard people say "-f" is the default, but have never before heard anyone say "-i" is. - - - - - - - - - - Steve Creps, Indiana University, Bloomington, home of the "Hoosiers" creps@silver.bacs.indiana.edu (192.12.206.2) {pur-ee,ihnp4!inuxc,rutgers,pyramid}!iuvax!silver!creps creps@iubacs.bitnet (forwarded) "To dream... the unlintable dream..."