[PLUG] Everything you wanted to know about Linux security and aren't afraid to ask (was: Linux /Windows virus appears)

[D. Cooper Stevenson]

On Sun, 2002-06-09 at 19:24, Anthony Schlemmer wrote:
> I was cleaning up some subdirectories within my home directory. 

[snip]

> I tend to alias "rm" to "rm -i" now so I can't make this mistake again. 

Just for fun, the following also works:

  find /directory/you/wish/deleted -ok rm -rf {} \;

It will ask you before deleting each file and directory.


-Cooper