[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I know it saves a keystroke, and that is PRECISELY the reason I use -R
> instead of -r; as I explained in my posting, using "rm -Rf /dir" is NOT
> something to be taken lightly, and that is why I got into the habit of -R,
> so that I HAD to do one extra keystroke, and therefore have one more
> chance to think of what I am doing and change my mind.
Anyone interested in saving keystrokes can save a whole lot more by
typing these first thing upon login:
mc
Once you do that, you find the dir you think you want to remove and hit
enter. Now you can see whether what's in there is what you really do
want to rm. Hit enter again, then F8, confirm, and it's gone.
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