Russell, 2002-Oct-21 13:49 +1000: > 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.
I've locked myself out of my car, my house, my office...and I've done rm -R * in /etc before. I can sympathize. jc -- Jeff Coppock Systems Engineer Diggin' Debian Admin and User -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
