Date: Tue, 15 May 2001 09:18:10 -0600 (CST) From: Ryan Thompson <ryan@sasknow.com> To: "Michael P. Soulier" <msoulier@storm.ca> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Recycle bin for FreeBSD? :-) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0105150914010.42439-100000@ren.sasknow.com> In-Reply-To: <20010514085921.E16043@storm.ca>
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Michael P. Soulier wrote to freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG:
> On Mon, May 14, 2001 at 02:16:24AM +0000, Ryan Thompson wrote:
> >
> > [ Don't throw things at me, OK? :-) ]
>
> Tempting... :)
No. Don't. :-)
> > 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. :)
OK, YOU tell 'em. :-)
> 2.
>
> TRASH='/pub/trashfolder'
> function rm {
> mv $* $TRASH || echo "Failed to move to trash"
> }
>
> Or something along those lines.
Yeah, already whipped up something like that. My question is whether to
finish it, or find an existing one that works just as well.
Thanks,
- Ryan
> Mike
>
>
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