From: Mike Campbell <michael_s_campbell@...>
Date: 2002-12-08T00:06:05+09:00
Subject: Re: Thank God for backups



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gavin Sinclair [mailto:gsinclair@soyabean.com.au]
> Sent: Saturday, December 07, 2002 12:26 AM
> To: ruby-talk ML
> Subject: Re: Thank God for backups
>
>
> From: "Daniel Carrera" <dcarrera@math.umd.edu>
>
>
> > >   alias rm='rm -i'
> >
> > I have no patience for 'rm -i'.  Indeed, that was the default and I
> > unaliased it.
>
> I don't blame you, but it's no big deal for a small number of files.  When you
> can stuck on a large number, and you're sure you want to delete them, then
> 'rm -f *'.


>
> > >   vim: set backupdir=/tmp      [I presume the *~ files come from vim?]
> >
> > They come from Emacs.  Do you know how to do the equivalent in Emacs?
>
> 'fraid not.  I'm sure someone will.
>
> > Daniel.
>
> Gavin
>