Re: rm command delete without prompt !:-(

[Eric Blake]

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According to address@hidden on 7/24/2008 1:33 AM:
| when use the command: "rm -r folder" (not empty !); it
| removes all without prompt prompts the user for whether to
| remove or not.

As well it should - this behavior is required by POSIX.  You only get a
prompt if there are read-only files or if you use the -i option (or the
GNU extension -I).

http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/utilities/rm.html

That said, some people like to operate with an alias, such that when they
type 'rm', the alias expands to 'rm -i', and they don't have to remember
the -i.  I personally don't like the crutch of an alias by the same name,
because I cannot guarantee that the same aliases have been set up on
another machine, such that if I were to get used to the command on my
machine, I would be setting myself up for failure when using my same
command on another machine without the alias.

- --
Don't work too hard, make some time for fun as well!

Eric Blake             address@hidden
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