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Jimbo: Reverted edits by 201.81.174.118 (Talk); changed back to last version by Dave

2009-01-27T08:58:59Z

Reverted edits by 201.81.174.118 (Talk); changed back to last version by Dave

201.81.174.118: 0

2009-01-27T04:58:20Z

Dave: stylistic change, otherwise good addition -- thanks sether

2005-08-17T14:54:27Z

stylistic change, otherwise good addition -- thanks sether

Dave: /* About the -P argument */

2005-08-17T14:53:21Z

About the -P argument

Sether: How to alias a command (other than rm) to moving files to a "trash can"

2005-08-17T04:50:25Z

How to alias a command (other than rm) to moving files to a "trash can"

Jimbo: polishing

2005-07-12T10:28:00Z

polishing

Smortex: Speak a little bit more abour -P

2005-07-12T08:13:35Z

Speak a little bit more abour -P

Smortex: Correct the -P flag

2005-07-10T10:13:53Z

Correct the -P flag

Jimbo at 04:32, 24 December 2004

2004-12-24T04:32:07Z

Dave: flags added

2004-12-23T22:16:17Z

flags added

← Older revision		Revision as of 08:58, 27 January 2009
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	alias del "mv */! .trash"		alias del "mv */! .trash"

		+	==Common flags==

		+	-r recursive -- same as -R
		+	-f force -- do it and damn the consequences
		+	-d directories
		+	-i confirm before delete
		+	-P overwrite files (with 0xFF's, 0x00's, and 0xFF's again) before deleting them
		+	-v be verbose

	==About the -P argument==		==About the -P argument==

← Older revision		Revision as of 04:58, 27 January 2009
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	alias del "mv */! .trash"		alias del "mv */! .trash"

−	~~==Common flags==~~

−	~~-r recursive -- same as -R~~
−	~~-f force -- do it and damn the consequences~~
−	~~-d directories~~
−	~~-i confirm before delete~~
−	~~-P overwrite files (with 0xFF's, 0x00's, and 0xFF's again) before deleting them~~
−	~~-v be verbose~~

	==About the -P argument==		==About the -P argument==

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   $ '''cat bar'''
   $ '''ls -la bar'''
-ls: bar: No such file or directory
+ ls: bar: No such file or directory
 See also [[rmdir]]
 [[Category:System Commands]]

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   $ '''rm -P foo'''
   $ '''cat bar'''
-  $ '''Hey !! where is bar contents ??'''
+  $ '''ls -la bar'''
- Hey, command not found
+ls: bar: No such file or directory
 See also [[rmdir]]
 [[Category:System Commands]]

← Older revision		Revision as of 04:50, 17 August 2005
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−	Short for '''remove'''. Seriously, be careful when using this. There is no undelete once you've unlinked a file (unless you've aliased [[rm]] to a [[mv]] script that moves files to a trash folder ~~or something -- which~~ is not recommended because you will eventually find yourself on a system that doesn't have that alias and make a mistake.)	+	Short for '''remove'''. Seriously, be careful when using this. There is no undelete once you've unlinked a file unless you've aliased [[rm]] to a [[mv]] script that moves files to a trash folder. This practice is not recommended because you will eventually find yourself on a system that doesn't have that alias and make a mistake. However, you can alias a different command to do this task by putting something like this in your startup file:
		+
		+	alias del "mv */! .trash"

	==Common flags==		==Common flags==

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-short for '''remove'''. Seriously, be careful when using this. There is no undelete once you've unlinked a file (unless you've aliased [[rm]] to a [[mv]] script that moves files to a trash folder or something -- not recommended because you will eventually find yourself on a system that doesn't have that alias and make a mistake.
+Short for '''remove'''. Seriously, be careful when using this. There is no undelete once you've unlinked a file (unless you've aliased [[rm]] to a [[mv]] script that moves files to a trash folder or something -- which is not recommended because you will eventually find yourself on a system that doesn't have that alias and make a mistake.)
 ==Common flags==
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 ==About the -P argument==
-Use this argument with extreme care : if you yant to remove a file that have hard links, the file '''will be''' overwritten and its contents will be lost, thus not accessible via the links. Example :
+Use this argument with extreme care!  If you use '''rm -P''' to remove a file that has hard links, the file will be immediately overwritten and its contents will be lost, thus not accessible via the links. For example :
   $ echo 'Hello World' > foo
-  $ ln foo bar
+  $ '''echo 'Hello World' > foo'''
-  $ cat foo bar
+  $ '''ln -h foo bar'''
   Hello World
   Hello World
-  $ rm -P foo
+  $ '''rm -P foo'''
-  $ cat bar
+  $ '''cat bar'''
-  $ Hey !! where is bar contents ??
+  $ '''Hey !! where is bar contents ??'''
   Hey, command not found
 See also [[rmdir]]
 [[Category:System Commands]]

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   -P overwrite files (with 0xFF's, 0x00's, and 0xFF's again) before deleting them
   -v be verbose
 See also [[rmdir]]
 [[Category:System Commands]]

← Older revision		Revision as of 04:32, 24 December 2004
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	See also [[rmdir]]		See also [[rmdir]]
		+	[[Category:System Commands]]

← Older revision		Revision as of 22:16, 23 December 2004
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−	short for '''remove'''.	+	short for '''remove'''. Seriously, be careful when using this. There is no undelete once you've unlinked a file (unless you've aliased [[rm]] to a [[mv]] script that moves files to a trash folder or something -- not recommended because you will eventually find yourself on a system that doesn't have that alias and make a mistake.
		+
		+	==Common flags==
		+
		+	-r recursive -- same as -R
		+	-f force -- do it and damn the consequences
		+	-d directories
		+	-i confirm before delete
		+	-P overwrite files (with 0's, three times,) after deleting them
		+	-v be verbose
		+
		+	See also [[rmdir]]