On Wednesday 27 April 2005 05:34 pm, Paul Howarth wrote: > On Wed, 2005-04-27 at 17:24 -0400, Erik Hemdal wrote: > > # .bashrc > > # User specific aliases and functions > > alias rm='rm -i' > > > > This alias replaces the 'rm' command with 'rm -i', so that root will > > always be prompted before removing any file. This is a safety > > precaution. > > But a very unwise safety precaution, especially for a root user. People > that have this alias get used to it being there, and can end up doing > something like "rm *" when they want to remove several files, answering > "y" or "n" to each file. Trouble is, some day they will do this on a > system that doesn't have the alias set up... and it might be their own > system if their .bashrc got corrupted. And then they'd delete all their > files before they realised what had happened. So I would advise strongly > against using an alias like this. > > Paul. > -- > Paul Howarth <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx> It would be wise to also "chattr" important files that won't be changed often. On rm "y" or "n" , I have hit "y" instead of "n" too many times to count. -- John H Ludwig Common sense is so rare, why do they call it common!!! Manual customization of this file is not recommended, BUT WILL BE DONE!!!
