Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2006 00:49:32 -0800 From: perryh@pluto.rain.com To: vd@freebsd.org Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [patch] rm can have undesired side-effects Message-ID: <45470e1c.Ygp7f4OdPaauT8tL%perryh@pluto.rain.com> In-Reply-To: <20061031072649.GA69594@qlovarnika.bg.datamax> References: <20061029222847.GA68272@marvin.astase.com> <20061030003628.42bc5f8d@loki.starkstrom.lan> <45455f6a.yNcc0kkyEKpoRv3m%perryh@pluto.rain.com> <20061030083849.GB871@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org> <20061030103151.GD871@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org> <20061030202030.GB1043@zaphod.nitro.dk> <45466902.5090603@FreeBSD.org> <20061031072649.GA69594@qlovarnika.bg.datamax>
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> IMHO many problems arise when someone tries to please even the > stupidest user by writing a fool-proof software. To me the beauty > of Unixes is that they are _not_ fool-proof, e.g. your are holding > a real gun, you should be carefull not to point it to your head > and pull the trigger. If we wanted to follow that line of reasoning to its logical conclusion, I think we would have to make "-f" the default behavior for rm, which BTW is how it worked in AT&T 6th Edition.
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