On Fri, May 26, 2006 at 09:42:40PM +0200, A. Pagaltzis wrote:
> * Abigail <[email protected]> [2006-05-26 21:20]:
> > If you use 'rm', you ought to be aware of the '-r' option. If
> > you've choosen to use a shell that expands '-?' for you,
> 
> Err, is there any shell which *won't* expand `-?` for you?

No doubt there is.

> > and you choose to use '-?' unquoted, and get bitten, well,
> > boohoo. I don't find that hateful.
> 
> So asking the user to type a switch which can *never* be issued
> safely without escaping it is not hateful?

Never? I'd say that using -? is risk free most of the time.

Even when used with rm.

> This freakin' `-?` meme should just roll over and die.


That I don't disagree with.



Abigail

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