Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!hao!ames!ucbcad!ucbvax!jade!saturn!ssyx!koreth From: koreth@ssyx.ucsc.edu (Steven Grimm) Newsgroups: comp.cog-eng,comp.unix.wizards Subject: Re: more rm insanity Message-ID: <1265@saturn.ucsc.edu> Date: Wed, 25-Nov-87 15:25:15 EST Article-I.D.: saturn.1265 Posted: Wed Nov 25 15:25:15 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 29-Nov-87 15:48:58 EST References: <1257@boulder.Colorado.EDU> Sender: usenet@saturn.ucsc.edu Reply-To: koreth@ssyx.ucsc.edu (Steven Grimm) Organization: University of California, Santa Cruz Lines: 26 Xref: mnetor comp.cog-eng:331 comp.unix.wizards:5648 In article <1257@boulder.Colorado.EDU> cdash@boulder.Colorado.EDU (Charles Shub) writes: >yesterday, i got bit by rm. I was remotely logged in to a system over a network >and had created a bunch of temp files. to delete them, i naturally typed in >"rm t*" only the %$*#&^#@ network managed to drop the "t" and you all know what >happened then. It wasn't too bad because with the archiving we do it was only 2 >hours to get them back. Of course yeaterday's changes got lost and had to be >redone. The point is that there are two things a command interface could do: > 1) protect us from our own stupidity (i'm not convinced it should) > 2) protect us from "extended system" errors like dropping a character >but i'm not sure how you separate the two. >-- > >cdash aka cdash@boulder.colorado.edu aka ...hao!boulder!cdash > aka ...nbires!boulder!cdash aka (303) 593-3492 Sounds like you need better error detection on your network software more than a better "rm". If the problem is common, try using rm -i, which will prompt you for each filename. +New! Improved! Now 100% Artificial-+-+-----------------------------------+ |# # @@@ **** &&&&& $$$$$ % %| |Steven Grimm | |# # @ @ * * & $ % %+-+ ARPA: koreth@ucscb.ucsc.edu | |### @ @ **** &&&& $ %%%%%| | UUCP: ...!ucbvax!ucscc!ssyx!koreth| |# # @ @ * * & $ % %+-+ ______________________________| |# # @@@ * ** &&&&& $ % %| | |"Let's see what's out there."| +-----with NutraSour(TM)! No natural colors or preservatives!------------+