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Newsgroups: comp.cog-eng,comp.unix.xenix,comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: Request for human interface design anecdotes
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Date: Tue, 17-Nov-87 08:00:55 EST
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In article <1689@rayssd.RAY.COM> dhb@rayssd.RAY.COM (David H. Brierley) writes:
>If users removing all of their files by inadvertently typing "rm *" is
>a habitual problem at your site, why not make the command default to
>interactive mode?

Please don't fuck with the standard commands.  If you're going to
change the semantics, give it a new name and retain the old one
for applications that expect the documented semantics.