No workie on Mac. Bob
On May 23, 2012, at 10:01 AM, Tim Jones wrote: > On May 23, 2012, at 9:54 AM, Bob Sneidar wrote: > >> So this came up on another blog recently, where someone posted a youtube of >> when Pixar *accidentally* deleted Toy Story 2 from their computers by typing >> in the command to delete all files on the hard drive. >> >> Correct me if I am wrong, but don't you have to be an administrator, and >> don't you have to sudo that command? > > That's why most Unix systems ship with an alias for root that aliases rm="rm > -i" so that any rm attempt by root will prompt for verification. > > If you'd like to save yourself from this potential megafail, do this: > > edit ~/.bash_profile > > add this line somewhere in the file: > > alias rm="rm -i" > > Save the file and then quit Terminal. When you go back into a Terminal > session, that will be set for you automatically. You may need to do this for > root's environment as well. If you have multiple accounts logging into your > system, you can make this systemwide by adding it to the /etc/profile file > (must sudo to edit). > > Tim > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
