Joe Klemmer wrote: > > I alomst hate to admit it but the rm bug bit me for the second time > in my life over the weekend. The first time was back, oh, late '94 I > think. But everyone gets bit by this at least once in their *NIX > career. But my braindead brain was cleaning out some redundant gunk in > /usr/lib (like all the versions of firefox and mozilla laying around). > You know what's coming... > > # cd /usr/lib > # rm -fR mozilla * > ^-------- There was supposed to be a "." there. > > I caught it quickly but not before it whacked some GNOME junk (what the > heck is a bonobo?). > > Oh well, guess it was my turn to play "crusty old phart who does > stupid newbie move" today. :-) What bug? rm did exactly what you told it to do. The "bug" is not in the command but in the person using it. -- We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars. -- Oscar Wilde
