[plug] zsh vs bash

[Christian]

On Mon, Feb 12, 2001 at 07:16:31PM +0800, Matt Kemner wrote:
> On Mon, 12 Feb 2001, Christian wrote:
> 
> > Here's an idea for a cool shell feature... If you type an rm command by
> > itself on the command line the shell delays execution of that command
> > for 10 seconds although it takes you back to the shell prompt
> > immediately.  Any time before the 10 seconds elapses you can cancel the
> > unlinking.  This is probably scriptable I guess although not necessarily
> > cleanly/robustly.  Anyone want to take a stab? :-)
> 
> function rm() {
> 	(sleep 10;/bin/rm $*) &
> }

I'm not sure if this meets the specs. :-)  The words "by itself" were
there deliberately. For example, what if I enter the command:

rm /var/cache/apt/archives/*.deb && apt-get dist-upgrade

I want the command to run immediately and the second part is clearly
dependent on the first.  Am I correct in believing that the function
above will still pause?  I guess my reasoning is that someone can easily
type a quick "rm *" without really thinking it through or being in the
wrong directory etc. but if they type in a big long command which chains
commands together then hopefully this isn't the case.  (Of course, this
is debatable...)

Bonus points for speed of response though. :-)