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- From: mathew@mantis.co.uk (mathew)
- Newsgroups: comp.human-factors
- Subject: Re: The Problem With UNIX
- Message-ID: <2o80TB11w165w@mantis.co.uk>
- Date: 15 Nov 92 13:08:36 GMT
- References: <1992Nov11.152149.11684@fel.tno.nl>
- Organization: Mantis Consultants, Cambridge. UK.
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- qb7g6@fel.tno.nl (Maarten Landzaat) writes:
- > "rm * .c" (when you really want "rm *.c")
- >
- > I think Unix (well, actually the shell is to blame) should always ask
- > for permission when the star is used with rm.
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- When I use UNIX I alias rm to mv files to a directory ~/wastebasket, which is
- automatically cleaned out using /bin/rm in my logout script.
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- mathew
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