On Fri, Jan 30, 2015 at 5:04 PM, Paul Gilmartin
<[email protected]> wrote:
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> Even worse, it's always implicitly *first* in the search order, not merely
> by default, but there's *no* way to override that.  That's an Extremely
> Bad Idea; I don't know why Windows designers consider it desirable
> or why Windows users consider it even permissible.
>
> I have kept the following as my ~/ls:
>
>     #! /bin/sh
>     for I in 5 4 3 2 1; do
>         echo "$HOME will be deleted (rm -r) in $I seconds!"
>         sleep 1; done
>     echo "Fooled ya!"
>
> Naturally it causes 5 seconds of sheer terror while they search frantically
> for the "CANCEL" command for some who cd to my (world searchable)
> $HOME on their userIDs and casually issue the "ls" command.
>
> Hmmm... it was gone today.  Some superuser admin must have deemed
> it malicious mischief and deleted it.  I rewrote it.
>
> -- gil

That could give someone a heart attack.

-- 
Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA
Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all?

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