that's not the most power tools you should use
/bin/rm -rf in case someone has an alias rm "rm -i" ""[EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Nemeth)"" wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > On Feb 23, 8:03am, "Priscilla Oppenheimer" wrote: > } > } Hee hee. That's very funny. I'm going to ask a dumb question though. I > know > } what rm does. What does rm -rf do? > > -r = recursive (all files and subdirectories below the directory given) > -f = force (don't prompt, do whatever is needed, don't report errors) > > } Often e-mails to the group with URLs in them get filtered. I'm not sure > } why. It happens especially with short e-mails when the URL is near the > top. > } You just have to be patient and persistent. > > If you use a non-GUI mail reader where you can see exactly what > the mail looks like, the problem is obvious. The URL ends up in the > header. This is a bug in the mail processing software. It is keying > on the single word followed by a ':' (http:) and thinks it is part of > the header. The end of the headers is signified by a blank line, not > by a line that doesn't start with a word followed by a ':'. One of > these days, I'll remember to send Paul an example to show just how the > mail gets mangled when the first line is a URL. > > }-- End of excerpt from "Priscilla Oppenheimer" Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=21976&t=21976 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

