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From: hubcap@hubcap.UUCP (Mike Marshall)
Newsgroups: comp.cog-eng,comp.unix.xenix,comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: Request for human interface design anecdotes (and a cure?)
Message-ID: <771@hubcap.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 30-Nov-87 16:01:32 EST
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Posted: Mon Nov 30 16:01:32 1987
Date-Received: Thu, 3-Dec-87 05:45:17 EST
References: <3103@psuvax1.psu.edu> <1987Nov21.014754.19660@sq.uucp> <1987Nov27.011955.10801@sq.uucp>
Organization: Clemson University, Clemson, SC
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Summary: three cheers!!!
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In article <1987Nov27.011955.10801@sq.uucp>, msb@sq.uucp (Mark Brader) writes:
> While I'm posting, I'll add the bit I left out the first time.  I have
> made it a habit *not* to hit Return instantly upon typing a line that
> has both "rm" and "*" in it.  I pause and reread it.  It's an easy habit
> to establish, and it's all the protection I think I need against "rm * .o".

I agree. I can be as scatter brained as they come, but I have cultivated the
above habit, and I don't think I have EVER lost any files with "rm * .o" 
(or whatever). I always automatically reread whatever I've typed when 
using rm, it's not a hassle, cause I do it without thinking. 

Another habit that I have extablished is "rm -i" whenever I am su'ed to root.

You can take your good habits with you to a new environment... but maybe not
your aliases :-).

-Mike Marshall       hubcap@hubcap.clemson.edu        ...!hubcap!hubcap