RE: [LIH] Re: rm -fr...i was burned once [ was about upgrade ]

[Kapil Bhalla]

>
> >         Enjoy a laugh at my expense ;-(
> >         Moral of the story: Don't switch off ur brain,
> while logged in as
> > root. And yes make periodic backups. It helps maaan...
> Experience ki baath
> > hai ;-)
> >
>
> One more.....
> Don try to try too much of those command line options of rm.

One of the solutions I read was to make a file named "-i" in your /
directory and all the
directories which you want to proctect from this sort of deletion.

Kapil


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