dave mallery wrote: > > hi list! > > there's a saying that all people are in two groups: > > those who have done an rm -R * in root > and those who have not done it yet. > > last evening, i joined the former group after six years of linux and a > lifetime of computing...
It takes a bit of conditioning of your habits to avoid these kinds of errors. I've never been locked out of my car because i *know* that it would happen if i didn't always lock the door with the key. Likewise, when doing a recursive delete of directories as root, always do "pwd" or "ls -al" if your path isn't displayed in the prompt. Another way is to do the delete from midnight commander where you can see everything. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
