Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2001 00:53:16 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: "G. Adam Stanislav" <adam@whizkidtech.net> Cc: newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Darn DOS habits Message-ID: <20010624005316.A5711@hades.hell.gr> In-Reply-To: <20010621004307.A295@whizkidtech.net>; from adam@whizkidtech.net on Thu, Jun 21, 2001 at 12:43:07AM -0500 References: <20010621004307.A295@whizkidtech.net>
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On Thu, Jun 21, 2001 at 12:43:07AM -0500, G. Adam Stanislav wrote: > In other words, when I entered > > cp /d/path/serv*.eps > > the shell changed it to: > > cp /d/path/serv.eps /d/path/serv2/eps > > That, unfortunately, is a perfectly legitimate way of using the > cp command. Thats exactly why I have in my /etc/csh.cshrc the following aliases: alias cp '/bin/cp -i \!*' alias mv '/bin/mv -i \!*' alias rm '/bin/rm -i \!*' That `interactive' flag is a life saver some times :-) -giorgos To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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