On Sat, Jul 22, 2006 at 03:36:59PM +0200, Simon 'corecode' Schubert wrote: > Erik Wikstr?m wrote: > >>What one is saying in effect is "I may not have gotten all this right, > >>or there may be surprises, so I want to see and specifically approve > >>each/some actions". > > > >The problem arises when -i/-I us used with -f, which by the same > >reasoning also should be at "the top of the food-chain". -f says that I > >know what I'm doing so don't bother me with asking for confirmation. Not > >that I don't approve of the way things are at the moment but I can see > >why some might not agree. > > I don't agree with the meaning. For me -f means "try to remove in every > case and don't fail", i.e. also remove write-protected files and don't fail > if the files didn't even exist. >
I somewhat agree with this, but I understand both arguements. Perhaps a good compromise would be 'rm -ff'. --Peter
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