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--l+goss899txtYvYf Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, May 26, 2006 at 09:42:40PM +0200, A. Pagaltzis wrote: > * Abigail <abigail@xxxxxxx.xx> [2006-05-26 21:20]: > > If you use 'rm', you ought to be aware of the '-r' option. If > > you've choosen to use a shell that expands '-?' for you, >=20 > Err, is there any shell which *won't* expand `-?` for you? No doubt there is. > > and you choose to use '-?' unquoted, and get bitten, well, > > boohoo. I don't find that hateful. >=20 > So asking the user to type a switch which can *never* be issued > safely without escaping it is not hateful? Never? I'd say that using -? is risk free most of the time. Even when used with rm. > This freakin' `-?` meme should just roll over and die. That I don't disagree with. Abigail --l+goss899txtYvYf Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFEd2G8BOh7Ggo6rasRAsGEAJsGYLw5WxLX4IITtWFhaPlZqvxf9ACfYjCu X/39I8yEYi3qdyaEGfwsfak= =p9bl -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --l+goss899txtYvYf--There's stuff above here
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