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Re: multiple OSes



* Oliver Kiddle (Thu, 01 Nov 2007 16:02:41 +0000)
> Atom Smasher wrote:
> > also, i've got this in my ~/.zshrc:
> >    alias rm="rm -i" # safety first!
> 
> In my opinion, this is a very unsafe thing to do. You get used to the -i
> option, then one day when you have to use a system that lacks your
> personal settings, you will lose some files because you were going to
> type no for the files you wanted.

That's an urban legend. If one day he logs into a system without his 
.zshrc settings, he will notice that immadiately - simply because his 
prompt will not be the one he's used to. And all the other little 
things, too.

Thorsten



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