Pete Theisen wrote: > Leland F. Jackson, CPA wrote: >> Oh, I finally got it, but then you suggested I might have intended to >> stir up mischief with the rm command. LOL > > Hi Leland! > > No, just that you were turning the screw a little tighter by > *pretending* to help him wipe the drive. Geeze . . . >
Here's another little pearl for you Pete LOL. The Linux rm *.* command would only delete files that had a "." or a ".ext" for example. Otherwise the rm *.* command would not find/match the file. The old *.* mask was the way to go for deleting files in the old DOS/Windows file system, until they changed, relatively recently. Is this fun or what? LOL Regards, LelandJ >> Pete Theisen wrote: >>> Leland F. Jackson, CPA wrote: >>>> A prank; I think not. It would be a crime, if it was intended to >>>> mislead anyone into harming their computer system, but that the nature >>>> of the rm command. Its very elegant, powerful, and dangerous comand, >>>> but its also its one of the most useful command in Linux/Unix world. > >>> If he posts it on the whiteboard, suggesting that he *might* issue that >>> command, but actually has no intention of doing so, then it is a prank. _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
