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Eamon Caddigan wrote: | Daevid Vincent <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | |>>cd /tmp |>>rm -rf * (be VERRY BLOODY CAREFUL which dir you are in when you type |> |>this!!!!!) |> |>Wouldn't it be wiser to type "rm -rf /tmp/*" ;-) | | | I'd go with "rm -rf /tmp && mkdir /tmp", since the above commands won't | pick up any dotfiles in the directory.
And then don't forget chmod 1777 /tmp. This's caught me out quite a few times (not because I rm -rf'ed /tmp, something completely else - but it does catch you out...
- -- Peet Grobler
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