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Re: Suggestion for rm(1)
From: |
Reuben Thomas |
Subject: |
Re: Suggestion for rm(1) |
Date: |
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:08:33 +0000 |
2010/3/10 Pádraig Brady <address@hidden>:
> On 10/03/10 13:46, Reuben Thomas wrote:
>>
>> rm(1) says, quite correctly:
>>
>> Note that if you use rm to remove a file, it is usually possible to
>> recover the contents of that file.
>
> How about just doing: s/is usually/might be/
That seems to me to go a little too far towards reassuring the user
that the data has probably gone. We want to say two not obviously
conflicting things:
1. After rm the data is most probably still there.
2. After rm it's probably quite a bit of trouble to recover it.
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- Suggestion for rm(1), Reuben Thomas, 2010/03/10
- Re: Suggestion for rm(1), Pádraig Brady, 2010/03/10
- RE: Suggestion for rm(1), Voelker, Bernhard, 2010/03/10
- Re: Suggestion for rm(1),
Reuben Thomas <=
- Re: Suggestion for rm(1), C de-Avillez, 2010/03/10
- Re: Suggestion for rm(1), Reuben Thomas, 2010/03/10
- Re: Suggestion for rm(1), Keisial, 2010/03/10
- Re: Suggestion for rm(1), Reuben Thomas, 2010/03/10
- Re: Suggestion for rm(1), Keisial, 2010/03/10
- Re: Suggestion for rm(1), Reuben Thomas, 2010/03/10
- Re: Suggestion for rm(1), Eric Blake, 2010/03/10
- RE: Suggestion for rm(1), Voelker, Bernhard, 2010/03/11
- Re: Suggestion for rm(1), Keisial, 2010/03/11
- Re: Suggestion for rm(1), Eric Blake, 2010/03/11