OT: the rm bug hit me again

[Tom Diehl]

On Wed, 25 Oct 2006, Arthur Pemberton wrote:

> On 10/25/06, Robin Laing <Robin.Laing at drdc-rddc.gc.ca> 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.

Bug?? What bug?? I see no bug here. rm is working as it is supposed to.

I did not see the OP but what is described here is NOTABUG.

Regards,

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