Gabriel Sechan wrote:
The -r? I frequently want to delete an entire directory. The -f? Because sometimes files are marked read only. Examples on a daily basis- tarballs and SCM systems frequently leave read only files on your hard drive.
Back in the days of dialup due to screen lag I once typed rm -rf foo * instead of rm -rf foo*
That would have been a bad day if I hadn't had a backup. :) -- Tracy "fresh bacula backup files uploading to Amazon S3 as I type" Reed -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
