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Re: Getting back deleted files
- To: ejfried at california dot sandia dot gov
- Subject: Re: Getting back deleted files
- From: DJ Delorie <dj at delorie dot com>
- Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 21:54:14 -0400
- CC: Ben dot Lawrence at cmr dot uq dot edu dot au, cygwin at sources dot redhat dot com
- References: <200007200139.SAA06878@california.sandia.gov>
> Cautious UNIX folk often alias rm to rm -i, so that rm always asks you
> "if you're sure you want to do that." You must remember that other
> folks -don't- want the behaviour you've described.
I recommend you DON'T do this. Why? Because once you get used to it,
the first time you encounter a system you forgot to set this up on,
you'll end up deleting *way* more than you expected.
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