Re: rm -rf and recursive nothing

[W B Hacker <wbh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Matthew Dillon wrote:

> :...
> :> Personally I have an alias rd=rmdir (and md=mkdir), which
> :> is a left-over from my old DOS days.  :-)
> :> 
> :> By the way, shouldn't -f override any previous -i or -I
> :> option?  At least that's what I would expect.  You don't
> :> type -f without a reason.
> :
> :This has been discussed (to death) before. I'd be all in for that, but 
> :other people weren't.
> :
> :Sascha
>
>     Yah.  I've been going against popular opinion on this matter and I'm
>     going to continue going against it.  -I is not overriden by -f.  -I
>     does apply only to interactive shells, though, so it will not blow up
>     scripts.
>
> 					-Matt
> 					Matthew Dillon 
> 					<dillon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Seems to me that -i / -I should indeed sit at the top of the food-chain. Always.

What one is saying in effect is "I may not have gotten all this right, or there 
may be surprises, so I want to see and specifically approve each/some actions".

Special case(s), with no other obvious purpose, and nothing should override it 
if/as/when it is seen to be appropriate to apply it.

Bill Hacker