Probably a good idea. I use /mount for mine... but my BSD system doesn't put anything in /mount/ so it's a blank slate for me. On 2/10/2013 1:03 PM, Gerry wrote: > Actually the version of rm on my machine has > --one-file-system > (it should have -x assigned to that option IMO) > > Of course, that would imply using such an option which I could forget > just as easily as forgetting I had temporarily mounted something. > I think I will quit mounting things in /tmp. :-) > > On Sun, 10 Feb 2013, gregrwm wrote: >> i am dumbfounded that, tho cp, du, and rsync have -x and find has >> -mount, rm >> -r lacks such a feature, leaving us to either manually check for >> mounts within >> a tree, script it, and/or suffer the loss, eg when forgetting to use >> said >> script! >> >> my most recent forehead whack follows using /tmp/foo as a quickie >> mountpoint, >> neglecting to specify ro, and a few days later wondering where the >> data went.. >