Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2006 11:11:46 +0100 From: Alex Zbyslaw <xfb52@dial.pipex.com> To: Phil Sweeney <phil@superiorpest.com.au> Cc: Denny White <dennyboy@cableone.net>, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: restoring deleted files Message-ID: <448D3DE2.6010003@dial.pipex.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSO.4.64.0606092245550.192@badboybox.cableone.net> References: <MIEPLLIBMLEEABPDBIEGCEEGHIAA.fbsd@a1poweruser.com> <Pine.BSO.4.64.0606092245550.192@badboybox.cableone.net>
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Denny White wrote: > I hate it & it's aggravating, but it's saved me several > times from another restore, but in .bashrc I have: > > alias rm='rm -i' > This is good advice. You can also alias mv and cp similarly, and also set noclobber (tcsh) or its equivalent so that > etc do not overwrite existing files. By using file name expansion (TAB, ^D etc) you can also check whether file names exist already or not. --Alex
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