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From: blbates@AERO4.LARC.NASA.GOV ("Brent L. Bates AAD/TAB MS294 x42854")
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Subject: Re:  Accidently rm files
Message-ID: <9004092020.AA22148@aero4.larc.nasa.gov>
Date: 9 Apr 90 18:20:43 GMT
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   What a lot of places do is to alias rm to mv and move files to a
temporary directory.  Then at the end of the day or when ever, all files
in the temporary directory are removed.  This gives a person a chance
to recover accidentally removed files.
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	Brent L. Bates
	NASA-Langley Research Center
	M.S. 361
	Hampton, Virginia  23665-5225
	(804) 864-2854
	E-mail: blbates@aero4.larc.nasa.gov or blbates@aero2.larc.nasa.gov