Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!cmcl2!phri!dasys1!jsb From: jsb@dasys1.UUCP (Jim Baunbach) Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards,talk.bizarre Subject: Re: suggest solutions for "rm *" Message-ID: <2123@dasys1.UUCP> Date: Tue, 1-Dec-87 16:58:14 EST Article-I.D.: dasys1.2123 Posted: Tue Dec 1 16:58:14 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 5-Dec-87 04:26:40 EST References: <5715@j.cc.purdue.edu> <911@mcgill-vision.UUCP> Reply-To: jsb@dasys1.UUCP (Jim Baunbach) Distribution: na Organization: The Big Electric Cat Lines: 21 Keywords: human factors, interfaces, shells Xref: mnetor comp.unix.wizards:5734 talk.bizarre:5862 In article <911@mcgill-vision.UUCP> mouse@mcgill-vision.UUCP (der Mouse) writes: >In article <5715@j.cc.purdue.edu>, ksb@j.cc.purdue.edu (Kevin Braunsdorf) writes: >> Can anyone suggest a solution to the novice user's classic error message: >> >> % rm * .o >> rm: .o nonexistent > >Sure, use rm -f, that way it won't complain :-) :-) > My problem is that I wanted to remove all my files but instead of typing "rm", by mistake I typed "rn" and was forced to read hundreds of postings on the pronunciation of "char", jokes about Oprah Winfrey, and requests of how to unROT13. Surely we must be prevented from allowing this to happen? -jsb -- Jim Baumbach {uunet}!mstan\ Big Electric Cat Public Unix {bellcore,cmcl2}!cucard!dasys1!jsb New York, NY, USA {sun}!hoptoad/ or uunet!actnyc!fred!jsb