Hi I mistype this shell#/rm a.tar.gz it works but it won't confirm and the file is remove why? Thank you Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com
adrian kok wrote:> Hi > > I mistype this shell#/rm a.tar.gz > > it works but it won't confirm and the file is remove > > why?rm never asks for confirmation by default. The reason you think it does is that you normally execute an alias instead of the real command when running as root. You must have become root in a way that did not load the shell aliases. -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell at gmail.com
adrian kok wrote:> Hi > > I mistype this shell#/rm a.tar.gz > > it works but it won't confirm and the file is remove > > why?And now you mistyped your mistyping. That would be a backslash (\) not a forward slash (/). Escaping the command name with a backslash bypasses the "alias rm='rm -i'" that is commonly set up in root's .bashrc file. -- Bob Nichols "NOSPAM" is really part of my email address. Do NOT delete it.