"Mikkel L. Ellertson" wrote:
> On Thu, 15 Mar 2001, Vineeta wrote:
> >
> > I am only trying this in my home directory i.e. /home/vineeta.
> > under vineeta dir.,i have a dir. called trashdir.
> > Now,my script lies in /home/vineeta
> >
> > So,what's going wrong with alias rm='mv $1 ./trashdir' ??
> > As statux put it,use "$1" in quotes.
> > I missed out this.But,what's the difference.
> >
> > Now,if i try out what statux says i.e. alias rm='mv "$1" $HOME/trashdir"
> > ,i get:
> >
> > mv: when moving multiple files,last arguement must be a directory.
> >
> > Vineeta
> >
> >From the error message, the file you are trying to delete is not realy a
> file, but a directory, and trashdir is realy a file, not a directory.
>
> What does "file trashdir" return. Also, what does file say about the
> file name you are using when trying your new rm command?
>
> Mikkel
> --
Hi Mikkel,
The command:
file trashdir
returns:
trashdir: directory
About the new "rm" command,i am using it only as an alias on the prompt.
i am not using it in a file.
i am only using the following:
alias rm='mv "$1" $HOME/trashdir'
that's it.on command line.
the error i get when i say:
rm testrm1
is:
mv: when moving multiple files,last arguement must be a directory.
However,i just tried something new :
alias rm='cat $1 >testall'
after that when i try:
rm testrm1
(where testrm1 is a file i want to delete)
It succesfully overwrite the contents into the file testall.
IS it that mv and cp require something more..?
Am really puzzled.
Vineeta
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