On 10/25/06, Robin Laing <Robin.Laing@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Kevin Kofler wrote: > Charles Curley <charlescurley <at> charlescurley.com> writes: > >>>The core skill I learnt as a sysadmin was not "don't do rm *" but "pause >>>and THINK before pressing return". >> >>Or run "ls ..." first, then uparrow and replace the ls with the rm. > > > Or use a graphical file manager. Krusader not only lets you see what you're > deleting while you're selecting it, it also prompts you for confirmation, > presenting the list of the files and/or directories you're deleting again (i.e. > it implicitly does the ls). > > Kevin Kofler > > > > Graphical file manager? That isn't the *nix way of doing things. :) And the -f in the rm command it to stop the "Confirm delete?" questions. My rm is set to confirm all deletes using alias. --
How exactly did you do this? I got bit by this bug once in my Linux life, would prefer it never happens again. -- Fedora Core 5 and proud
