[plug] rm -rf as a command example

Leon Brooks leon at brooks.smileys.net
Thu Aug 31 22:22:08 WST 2000


Peter Wilsmore wrote:
> > or you could just type "rm -rf <directory> &" to put it in the background
> > immediately..

> gee.. Im not sure I would use rm -rf in an example of a random unix command
> someone will be liable to use it.

    bash: syntax error near unexpected token `<directory>'

Yes, I did try it in a freshly created directory just to be safe. (-:

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