[Gllug] 'safe' deletion of files

Chris Bell chrisbell at overview.demon.co.uk
Sat Aug 14 07:52:01 UTC 2004


On Fri 13 Aug, Ian Scott wrote:
> 

> 
> Sorry, I didn't make this clear.  I meant users can set up sensible aliases.  
> I think someone else suggested del='rm --safe'
> 
> What I was trying to get across here in my inarticulate way is that adding a
> --safe type option to rm may be a better way than creating a new saferm tool.
> 
   All that is needed is instruction in the use of cp, mv, and how to append
a serial number or date reference.

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Chris Bell

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