James Sparenberg wrote: > Wanna bet... 2 days ago I helped someone recover because he'd learned rm > * (btw it was RH where the default isn't aliased to -i )... and did it > in the wrong directory. (he'd meant to do rm core* but forgot the core) > Now tell me... is there a gui equivilent to that? In a gui he would have > gone to a file manager selected the core dumps and pressed delete. One > reason for starting people with a gui over command line. It's easier to > "see" where you are and what you are doing. It's much harder to do the > rm * equivalent in a gui. In fact gui's often have more "failsafes" > than the command line. What is the diff between logging in as root and > running MCC or su'ing to root and running it? Nada.
Enter OFM's, in the case of Linux, mc. Mc should be installed by default, but in mdk, no longer is, and one reason I never can skip detailed package selection during an install. -- "A fool gives full vent to his anger, but a wise man keeps himself under control." Proverbs 29:11 NIV Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 Felix Miata *** http://members.ij.net/mrmazda/
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