| Art Alexion on 1 Feb 2006 17:35:52 -0000 |
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Thanks, Morgan. Just what I needed. morgan wrote: > Art, > > If you're using bash you would create an alias: > > alias rm="rm -i" > > That will only affect the current shell. In Fedora Core and probably > other linuxes you would vi /etc/bashrc and add alias rm="rm -i" to the > bottom. > > Changes to /etc/bashrc don't affect running shells. You're best to > logout completely to make sure it takes effect everywhere. > > -morgan > > > > Art Alexion wrote: > >> When I first started using Linux about 5 years ago, "rm *" defaulted to >> "rm -i *". >> >> I just clumsily deleted all of the files in a directory with the numpad >> -- trying to type "*.flac", I hit the enter key with the side of my >> finger slightly before it hit the "." key. >> >> How can I restore rm's default behavior so that "rm *" requires >> confirmation, but "rm specified_file" does not? > -- _______________________________________ Art Alexion Arthur S. Alexion LLC PGP fingerprint: 52A4 B10C AA73 096F A661 92D2 3B65 8EAC ACC5 BA7A The attachment -- signature.asc -- is my electronic signature; no need for alarm. Info @ http://mysite.verizon.net/art.alexion/encryption/signature.asc.what.html Key for signed PDFs available at http://mysite.verizon.net/art.alexion/encryption/ArthurSAlexion.p7c The validation string is TTJY-ZILJ-BJJG. ________________________________________ Attachment:
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