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Re: The rm command

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (BadgerNet)
Thu Nov 28 16:37:27 1996

From: "BadgerNet" <perryb@the-beach.com>
To: <redhat-list@redhat.com>
Date: Thu, 28 Nov 1996 11:59:15 -0800
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Happy Thanksgiving.

Got it...but, just trying to help keep it safe for the original owner of
the question.

perry

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> From: Dave Wreski <tel1dvw@is.ups.com>
> To: redhat-list@redhat.com
> Subject: Re: The rm command
> Date: Thursday, November 28, 1996 11:18 AM
> 
> 
> On Thu, 28 Nov 1996, BadgerNet wrote:
> 
> > try "rm -rf"  ....be careful.
> 
> No.  This is incorrect.  Instead of unaliasing rm, he could do 'rm -f'.
> If he wants to not be prompted for confirmation, and recursively remove
> directories, he could do 'rm -rf'.  RTFM.
> 
> Dave
> 
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