Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!mcvax!hp4nl!botter!star.cs.vu.nl!biep From: biep@cs.vu.nl (J A Biep Durieux) Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards Subject: Re: fixing rm * (was: Worm/Passwords) Message-ID: <1670@ski.cs.vu.nl> Date: 18 Nov 88 08:34:58 GMT References: <1232@atari.UUCP> <564@comdesign.CDI.COM> Reply-To: biep@cs.vu.nl (J A Biep Durieux) Organization: VU Informatica, Amsterdam Lines: 6 At the very least, 'rm * .o' should refuse to do anything when the file '.o' doesn't exist. -- Biep. (biep@cs.vu.nl via mcvax) Is the difference between a difference of degree and a differ- ence of sorts a difference of degree or a difference of sorts?