On Sat, 5 May 2001, Dave Sherohman wrote: > On Sat, May 05, 2001 at 04:47:47PM -0500, Phil Mendelsohn wrote: > > On Sat, 5 May 2001, Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom wrote: > > > > If you need that kind of protection, > > > > > > > > alias rm='rm -i' > > > > That's what Dave said. rm doesn't need to alias to rm -i, only > > rm -(any flags) *. > > I will continue to disagree... I thought I was the one being disagreeable. No matter; as you point out the significant thing about UNIX is that you can write or delete any alias or script you want for rm on your system, and I can write a "mollytoggle" that means you have to arm the missle before you can fire it on mine. And in a hundred years, we'll both be gone anyway. <g> Phil M -- "To misattribute a quote is unforgivable." --Anonymous