Re: [PLUG] toy story2 nearly lost with rm

[Floyd Johnson <fljohnson3@isp.com>]

On 05/22/2012 04:00 PM, Mark Bergman  wrote:

> I don't think that "to alias or non to alias" is the important question,
> but whether you have backups, change control procedures procedures,
> revision control, etc. that will mitigate the impact of the inevitable
> mistake. At some point, there will be a mistake, regardless of any alias.

Having seen the video narrated by "those who were there", I am of a 
similar mind, that having a credible means to recover from either a 
mistake or a non-PEBCAK issue (hardware failure/loss, some 
system-intruder's electronic battering ram, and the like) is a more 
feasible move to prevent data loss than "make it impossible to mess up 
in the first place". Then again, doing both just *might* be a step 
closer to "impregnable file fortress"

In 1992, a stronger Un*x-wielding schoolmate had the sig quote, "What do 
you mean we didn't back it up?"




___________________________________________________________________________
Philadelphia Linux Users Group         --        http://www.phillylinux.org
Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce
General Discussion  --   http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug