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   From: Florian Diesch    
   Newsgroups: alt.os.linux.ubuntu   
   Subject: Re: My ubuntu experience   
   Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 22:06:50 +0100   
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   SINNER <99nesorjd@gates_of_hell.invalid> wrote:   
      
   > * Florian Diesch wrote in alt.os.linux.ubuntu:   
   >> SINNER <99nesorjd@gates_of_hell.invalid> wrote:   
   >   
   >>> * jellybean stonerfish wrote in alt.os.linux.ubuntu:   
   >>>> On Fri, 19 Jan 2007 15:37:32 +0000, bigjon wrote:   
   >   
   >>>>> Obviously not - although not as stupid as doing it in windows...   
   >>>>> I have discovered that if you make a simple mistake, the terminal just   
   >>>>> ignores your stupidity. Click the wrong option in windows and you can   
   >>>>> create havoc :-)   
   >   
   >>>> wrong.....   
   >>>> sudo rm -rf / usr/share/pictures   instead of    
   >>>> sudo rm -rf /usr/share/pictures        
   >>>> would destroy your system instead of removing /usr/share/pictures   
   >   
   >>> Unless you have rm aliased to rm -i as you should.   
   >   
   >> IMHO you should not as it just makes you to use rm -f all the time or   
   >> hitting "y" without reading.   
   >   
   > It dosent make you do anything. If you put in an alarm to stop your   
   > house from getting robbed but never set it, its your own damn fault for   
   > getting robbed.   
      
   If the alarm rings every time you open a door or a window it's not that   
   useful either.   
      
   rm -i is fine if you delete one file or two, but if you need to delete   
   100 files it's just annoying.   
      
      
      Florian   
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