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Re: (OT) UNIX Senior Moment of the Day

Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> As a sequel to Toby's challenge...
> 
> WHy did I just type in:
> 
>   rm *.prc Palm_Deprecated/
> 
>   mv *.prc Palm_Deprecated/
> 
> ...and why do files never percolate through Trash/Wastebasket first?

Because I guess most people would use the "don't put it in trash" option, 
default.

But you can create an alias that does this, or uses -i on rm

> Luckily, I had some backups elsewhere.

That's why I love svn :-)

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