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From: geoff@desint.UUCP (Geoff Kuenning)
Newsgroups: comp.cog-eng
Subject: Re: Request for human interface design anecdotes
Message-ID: <1325@desint.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 24-Oct-87 02:01:39 EST
Article-I.D.: desint.1325
Posted: Sat Oct 24 02:01:39 1987
Date-Received: Mon, 26-Oct-87 03:21:56 EST
References: <125@nusdhub.UUCP> <447@gtx.com> <343@eeg.UUCP>
Reply-To: geoff@desint.UUCP (Geoff Kuenning)
Organization: Interrupt Technology Corp., Manhattan Beach, CA
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Keywords: human factors, interfaces

> just create a file called "-i" in your directory that you want protected!
> then "rm *" expands to "rm -i file1 file2 file3 ..."
> (unless you have other files beginning with weird characters)

What a typically Unix solution.  Even to the flaws:  you have to put up
with an ugly file in your directory, and it doesn't work if you
type "rm test *".
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	Geoff Kuenning   geoff@ITcorp.com   {uunet,trwrb}!desint!geoff