Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!steinmetz!vdsvax!barnett From: barnett@steinmetz.ge.com (Bruce G Barnett) Newsgroups: comp.cog-eng,comp.unix.xenix,comp.unix.wizards Subject: Re: Request for human interface design anecdotes (and a cure?) Message-ID: <3076@vdsvax.steinmetz.UUCP> Date: Wed, 25-Nov-87 06:47:31 EST Article-I.D.: vdsvax.3076 Posted: Wed Nov 25 06:47:31 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 29-Nov-87 08:29:46 EST References: <3103@psuvax1.psu.edu> <1987Nov21.014754.19660@sq.uucp> <2205@killer.UUCP> Sender: barnett@vdsvax.steinmetz.UUCP Reply-To: barnett@steinmetz.UUCP (Bruce G Barnett) Organization: General Electric CRD, Schenectady, NY Lines: 15 Xref: mnetor comp.cog-eng:325 comp.unix.xenix:1219 comp.unix.wizards:5627 In article <2205@killer.UUCP> jfh@killer.UUCP (The Beach Bum) writes: [ rm could ask for comfirmation if more than 15 files were to be deleted] | Having the first few lines in main() be something like, | | fflg = (argc > 15) || fflg; | |might be nice, or having a prompt, ala' MessyDos (yick) might be nice. | |Thoughts? Don't change rm when you could have a shell script do the same thing! Sheesh!