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From: preece%fang@gswd-vms.Gould.COM (Scott E. Preece)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: Re: Request for human interface
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Date: Tue, 17-Nov-87 16:57:16 EST
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Posted: Tue Nov 17 16:57:16 1987
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The first couple of years I worked on Unix I used aliases that turned
rm commands into mv to a hidden directory and cleaned that directory
periodically.  Now I work in a place that does believable backups
regularly, so I just fill in the holes

	1. I alias rm to "rm -i" so that mass deletions don't happen
	2. when I want to clear a lot of files all at once I just
	   use /bin/rm instead of rm, so the alias doesn't get in
	   the way
	3. I have emacs save a copy of everything I create or modify
	   with it in a safe place, to cover the relatively short time
	   during which no backup is available; every time I log in
	   that directory gets scrubbed of all files that have been
	   there more than a nominal time  (two days, allowing for
	   the occasional mechanical failure interfering with the
	   dump process)


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scott preece
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