Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2016 14:02:59 -0500 (CDT) From: "Valeri Galtsev" <galtsev@kicp.uchicago.edu> To: "Odhiambo Washington" <odhiambo@gmail.com> Cc: "User Questions" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: rm -rf -Mitigating the dangers Message-ID: <61642.76.193.16.109.1460919779.squirrel@cosmo.uchicago.edu> In-Reply-To: <CAAdA2WNqWACnjiUSHhYWL1nEj=YGPPURqJHsAcjaXYacziXsfg@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAAdA2WNqWACnjiUSHhYWL1nEj=YGPPURqJHsAcjaXYacziXsfg@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sun, April 17, 2016 12:10 pm, Odhiambo Washington wrote: > I am wondering if I should place a feature request on this or just do it > my > way:) > > With great power comes great responsibility and as such I think there > should be a wrapper around rm to warn sysadmins that what they are about > to > do with -rf is dangerous, yes? > > Read input from sysadmin 3 times, looking strictly for their confirmation > before effecting the `rm -rf`. This reminds me MS Windows of really old times asking you over and over again: Are you sure?, Are you really-really truly-truly sure? ;-) The great thing is: in FreeBSD those who want this can make it this way for themselves (as it was suggested by others) - without affecting those who don't want it. And as wise person once told: my plan is I have a good backup. Valeri > > Could it be that what I am smoking/drinking is the issue here or I have > your support? LOL > > > > -- > Best regards, > Odhiambo WASHINGTON, > Nairobi,KE > +254 7 3200 0004/+254 7 2274 3223 > "Oh, the cruft." > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Valeri Galtsev Sr System Administrator Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics University of Chicago Phone: 773-702-4247 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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