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Date: Mon, 14 May 2001 08:59:21 -0400
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Subject: Re: Recycle bin for FreeBSD? :-)
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On Mon, May 14, 2001 at 02:16:24AM +0000, Ryan Thompson wrote:
>=20
> [ Don't throw things at me, OK? :-) ]

    Tempting... :)

> Is anyone aware of any simple replacement for rm(1) that mimics the
> "trash" or "recycle" features of other OSes (i.e., moves the files to a
> safe area under the users control).

    1. Don't delete things you want to keep. :)
    2.

TRASH=3D'/pub/trashfolder'
function rm {
    mv $* $TRASH || echo "Failed to move to trash"
}

    Or something along those lines.=20

    Mike

--=20
Michael P. Soulier <msoulier@storm.ca>=20
"With sufficient thrust, pigs fly just fine. However, this is not necessari=
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good idea. It is hard to be sure where they are going to land, and it could=
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dangerous sitting under them as they fly overhead." -- RFC 1925

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