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Date: Sun, 4 Apr 2004 22:45:55 -0400 (EDT)
From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu>
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To: GARY VANSICKLE <g DOT r DOT vansickle AT worldnet DOT att DOT net>
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Subject: RE: Bogus assumption prevents d2u/u2d/conv/etal working on mixed files.
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On Sun, 4 Apr 2004, GARY VANSICKLE wrote:

> >  Noo... Please, remove all of these safety checks.
> > There must be some kind of user sanity presupposition. Or else the tools
> > soon will be crippled to a state where they are unusable for normal work.
>
> FWIW I'm with Hannu.  Should rm ask you, "Do you *really* want to delete
> this file?", or make a backup of every file you delete (ala the Recycle
> Bin)?  It should according to the thinking in this thread.

That's what the "-i" flag is for. :-)  But guess what?  It's not the
default!
IOW, I agree here.  The safety checks don't work (as I showed in
<http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2004-04/msg00116.html>), and they prevent a
legitimate use of the program.  If you really want to be safe, run "file"
before running "d2u/u2d".  Or, leave the safety checks in, but only if a
"--safe" (or whatever the appropriate name is) flag is given.
	Igor
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