4 Aug
2003
4 Aug
'03
00:26
On Mon, 4 Aug 2003 10:07 am, gaf wrote: Some good points, particuarily suggesting moving /home to say /home.old Then mkdir /home and reboot. Check everything is still there in the new /home and then delete the old. Yes the extra space before the * in an rm command is deadly but care is the only protection. I have already been bitten by the difference between these 2 commands Intended> rm *.old Typed > rm * .old Having said that care is the only protection, why not an rm that insists that a loose globbing * be the only argument... -- Michael James michael.james@csiro.au System Administrator voice: 02 6246 5040 CSIRO Bioinformatics Facility fax: 02 6246 5166