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Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 21:54:14 -0400
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From: DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
To: ejfried AT california DOT sandia DOT gov
CC: Ben DOT Lawrence AT cmr DOT uq DOT edu DOT au, cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com
In-reply-to: <200007200139.SAA06878@california.sandia.gov>
	(ejfried AT california DOT sandia DOT gov)
Subject: Re: Getting back deleted files
References:  <200007200139 DOT SAA06878 AT california DOT sandia DOT gov>


> Cautious UNIX folk often alias rm to rm -i, so that rm always asks you
> "if you're sure you want to do that." You must remember that other
> folks -don't- want the behaviour you've described.

I recommend you DON'T do this.  Why?  Because once you get used to it,
the first time you encounter a system you forgot to set this up on,
you'll end up deleting *way* more than you expected.

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