Re: Restoring /etc/inittab

2004-05-17 Thread Wilko Fokken
On Thu, May 13, 2004 at 09:09:29AM +0200, Pierg75 wrote: > Adam Funk wrote: > >On Wednesday 12 May 2004 17:40, Pierg75 wrote: > >>Somewhere i read that an alias should never be an alias of itself, > >>something like alias rm='rm -i' > >alias ls='ls --color=auto' > >alias rm='rm -vi' > >alias cp='cp

Re: Restoring /etc/inittab

2004-05-13 Thread Adam Funk
On Thursday 13 May 2004 08:20, Pierg75 wrote: > It works for sure, because somewhere i use it too. > I was meaning about the comcept: > because if you get use of this approach, when you go to work on a > machine that doesn't have this alias, immagine what you coul do if you > write rm /etc/apache/

Re: Restoring /etc/inittab

2004-05-13 Thread Pierg75
Pierg75 wrote: because if you get use of this approach, when you go to work on a machine that doesn't have this alias, immagine what you coul do if you write rm /etc/apache/* because you are sure (or you don't pay attention) that would ask you to confirm. Since i read that article (it was on a m

Re: Restoring /etc/inittab

2004-05-13 Thread Pierg75
Adam Funk wrote: On Wednesday 12 May 2004 17:40, Pierg75 wrote: Somewhere i read that an alias should never be an alias of itself, something like alias rm='rm -i' alias ls='ls --color=auto' alias rm='rm -vi' alias cp='cp -vi' alias mv='mv -vi' alias cal='cal -3m' # week

Re: Restoring /etc/inittab

2004-05-12 Thread Adam Funk
On Wednesday 12 May 2004 17:40, Pierg75 wrote: > Monique Y. Mudama wrote: >> Um, no, you haven't. If rm is aliased to 'rm -i' in root's >> environment, >> it should have prompted. Unless he neglected to mention that he >> actually did 'rm -rf' ... > > Somewhere i read that an alias should never

Re: Restoring /etc/inittab

2004-05-12 Thread Colin Watson
On Wed, May 12, 2004 at 06:32:54PM +0200, Pierg75 wrote: > Monique Y. Mudama wrote: > >Um, no, you haven't. If rm is aliased to 'rm -i' in root's environment, > >it should have prompted. Unless he neglected to mention that he > >actually did 'rm -rf' ... > > Somewhere i read that an alias should

Re: Restoring /etc/inittab

2004-05-12 Thread Pierg75
Monique Y. Mudama wrote: Um, no, you haven't. If rm is aliased to 'rm -i' in root's environment, it should have prompted. Unless he neglected to mention that he actually did 'rm -rf' ... Somewhere i read that an alias should never be an alias of itself, something like alias rm='rm -i' Pier -- To