On Fri, 13 Dec 2002 11:33, Lyvim Xaphir wrote:
> On Thu, 2002-12-12 at 16:47, Ronald J. Hall wrote:
> > I think all you need to do is "rm -f <filename>". Be carefull though -
> > that warning is there for a reason - its very easy to rm something you
> > really don't want removed...
> >
> > BTW, you can make this permanent by editing .bashrc or .bashprofile in
> > your /home/user directory BUT I don't recommend it.
> >
> > HTH's.
> >
> > --
> >
> >                                                       /\
> >                                               Dark< >Lord
> >                                                       \/
>
> Ron is right.  rm is a very deadly command and needs to be treated with
> kid gloves, like a 45 calibre handgun that's been chambered.  If you do
> make changes to the -i qualifier in the profiles, I suggest you make it
> temporary; better yet, just kill the aliases for that particular shell
> session and don't bother the profiles.
>
> It is easy to wipe an entire filesystem with an accidental rm -rf.
>
> L8r,
>
> LX

These are preset for you in a script file somewhere by the helpful Mandrake 
people (the default is to have the -i flag disabled), but for the life of me 
i cant remember which script file. You could find / grep on "alias rm". I am 
assuming you are used to the normal default behaviour of the command. It is 
not just rm, several have it turned on.

-- 
Michael

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