From: Bob X <bobx@...>
Date: 2002-12-08T00:35:17+09:00
Subject: Re: Thank God for backups

"David Garamond" <davegaramond@icqmail.com> wrote in message
news:3DF21343.3060607@icqmail.com...
<snip>
> although there is no substitute for backups, it's amazing to see that
> over the years the unix CLI hasn't got a good replacement for "rm" that
> does trash-can-thingy (or some filesystem features added on to
> ext2/ext3/reiserfs that makes undeletion possible). the best distros
> come up with is putting the "rm -i" alias. i find "rm -i" very annoying.
>
> --
> dave
Actually I saw an article somewhere that someone had come up with the
trash-can-thingy
but the Linux folks thought it was too MS Windowsy. I personally think it is
a good idea.

Bob