Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2016 15:30:58 -0700 From: David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: rm -rf -Mitigating the dangers Message-ID: <57140EA2.6020503@holgerdanske.com> In-Reply-To: <CAAdA2WNqWACnjiUSHhYWL1nEj=YGPPURqJHsAcjaXYacziXsfg@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAAdA2WNqWACnjiUSHhYWL1nEj=YGPPURqJHsAcjaXYacziXsfg@mail.gmail.com>
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On 04/17/2016 10:10 AM, 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`.
>
> Could it be that what I am smoking/drinking is the issue here or I have
> your support? LOL
I have this in my .bashrc:
alias rm='rm -i --one-file-system'
So, an accidental 'rm -rf' should limit destruction to one file system.
Perhaps what you're looking for is a command-line equivalent of desktop
trash cans. STFW this is not a new idea and there are existing solutions.
David
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