[H-GEN] Help! Is there any advice on recovering deleted files?

[Harry Phillips]

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Greg Black wrote:
> On 2003-08-19, Harry Phillips wrote:
> 
> 
>>I run Mandrake and in my /etc/profile.d/alias.sh file there is a line:
>>
>>alias rm="rm -i"
>>
>>It makes every rm interactive without having to specify it on the 
>>command line.
> 
> 
> And it's one of the biggest mistakes that beginners can make
> because it teaches you that rm(1) is "safe".  But one day you'll
> sit down at some standard Unix system that lacks that silly
> alias and you'll cut yourself off at the knees.
> 
> The "right" solution to all these things is to learn the correct
> syntax and teach your fingers to use it.
> 

It is the default for Mandrake, I find it a pain the the you know where 
to have to hit 'y' for every single file that I want deleted. As soon as 
I found out where that alias was I removed it.

I also added ping="ping -c 5", I find 5 is usually enough. Do what makes 
you happy.

-- 
Regards,
Harry Phillips
--- Failure is not an option,
     it comes bundled with your Microsoft product.


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