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From: matt@oddjob.uchicago.edu (Matt Crawford)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: fixing rm * (was: Worm/Passwords)
Message-ID: <794@tank.uchicago.edu>
Date: 15 Nov 88 18:31:54 GMT
References: <22401@cornell.UUCP> <4627@rayssd.ray.com> <8563@rpp386.Dallas.TX.US> <125@embossed.UUCP> <672@quintus.UUCP> <1232@atari.UUCP>
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In-reply-to: achar@atari.UUCP (Alan Char)

In article <1232@atari.UUCP>, achar@atari (Alan Char) writes:
) For example, I would REALLY appreciate in csh a variable
) 	set expandcheck=5
) So that if some shell expansion expanded to more than 5 things, it would
) prompt for confirmation.  Comments on this idea?

This sounds much, MUCH better than changing any other system program in
any way.
				Matt