[olug] Unix Tip: OOPS.. RM STAR

[Andrew Holm-Hansen]

pardon me if this is a repeat.  i broke my sendmail. :)

alias rm='mv --target-directory=/yourhomedir/recylcebin'

will work provided you have write access to the /yourhomedir/recyclebin
directory (and that it exists).

Andrew

On Mon, 2003-04-28 at 12:09, Joe Catanzaro wrote:
> I don't mean to sound like a windoze freak, but what about setting up an 
> alias that just moves stuff to a "recycle bin?" And then if you need to 
> recover it later, it's there. How would this be setup as an alias?
> 
> 
> At 4/25/03 08:05 AM Friday, Dave Hull wrote:
> >On Fri, 25 Apr 2003, Christopher Cashell wrote:
> >
> > > I take the middle road.  On my personal accounts, I dislike having 'rm'
> > > aliased to 'rm -i'.  However, I think every root account should have it
> > > done.
> > >
> > > It's a simple matter of scope.  If, as a user, I accidentally run rm *,
> > > I can't hurt anyone but myself.  If it's my own system, it just means I
> > > need to restore a backup.  However, if you're using the root account,
> > > it's worth the inconvenience to make sure you don't screw things up.
> >
> >I agree completely. I should have been more specific. I always make sure root
> >has rm aliased to rm -i. If I want to override that at the command line, I
> >just use rm -rf.
> >
> >--
> >Dave Hull
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> >
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> Joe Catanzaro
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