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kapheine
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 Posted: Fri Aug 02, 2002 4:51 pm Post subject: Creating a -i file to protect a directory |
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If you don't have rm aliased to rm -i to protect yourself from accidental deletions but want some extra protection on select directories, try the following:
| Code: | | $ touch -- /path/to/directory/-i |
Now, if you accidentally type rm -rf /directory or rm /directory/* by accident, -i will be passed to the shell and confirmation will be turned on. If later you decide to remove the file, try:
| Code: | | $ rm -- /path/to/directory/-i |
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pjp
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| Posted: Fri Aug 02, 2002 5:02 pm Post subject: |
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Wouldn't it be easier to alias rm to do an rm -i?
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abhishek
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| Posted: Fri Aug 02, 2002 6:58 pm Post subject: |
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| How would u delete the file? |
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xming
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| Posted: Fri Aug 02, 2002 7:51 pm Post subject: rm |
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like how you created it
rm /path/-i
or
cd /path
rm ./-i |
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abhishek
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| Posted: Fri Aug 02, 2002 7:54 pm Post subject: |
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| Cool. If only i jad known that a while ago when some1 made some files in my home directory(-fu) and i had no idea how to delite them. Thanks. |
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kapheine
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| Posted: Fri Aug 02, 2002 11:42 pm Post subject: |
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| kanuslupus wrote: | | Wouldn't it be easier to alias rm to do an rm -i? |
For most people, yeah. But some people are like me, and in general they don't like to have -i on. 99% of the time when I say I want to delete a file, I want it deleted. Once or twice, however, I've been an idiot and did an rm * in my home directory. After that, I started added extra protection just to my home directory. |
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radfaraf
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| Posted: Sat Aug 03, 2002 10:00 pm Post subject: |
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mp3box kingfool # mkdir test
mp3box kingfool # touch test/-i
mp3box kingfool # rm -r test
lets me delete the file with no complaints |
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