????: Re: Dangerous use of 'rm'

[Ceri Davies]

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On Tue, Jul 11, 2006 at 11:02:57AM +0100, k k wrote:
>=20
> --- Stephen Allen <freebsduk at rowyerboat.com> wrote:
> >....
> > "ls -al <mega_long_path>"  would work
> >=20
> > but
> >=20
> > "ls <mega_long_path> -al"  does not work.
> >=20
> > Is it a FreeBSD thing or a general configuration
> > thing?
> > ...
>=20
>=20
> i dont remember Suse, but its always :
>   <command> <switch> .....
> i.e.
>    ls   -al[switch]    ...path..        =20
>=20
> even in windows or dos
>=20
> you can  not do
>   rm test -i, if you want to have a conformation for
> the deletition.

Actually, it seems that, on Debian at least, you can:

	{bifrost}-{~} % ls /vmware=20
	xp
	{bifrost}-{~} % ls /vmware -l
	total 1
	drwx------  2 ceri desk 808 2006-07-11 11:10 xp

I don't think I like it, but it works.

Ceri
--=20
That must be wonderful!  I don't understand it at all.
                                                  -- Moliere

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