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Shortening the rope (around RH's neck)

Shortening the rope (around RH's neck)

Posted Apr 5, 2009 19:09 UTC (Sun) by jengelh (subscriber, #33263)
In reply to: Shortening the rope (around RH's neck) by madscientist
Parent article: Shortening the rope

If rm -f is considered too dangerous, and rm -i too noisy, then try something like

function rm()
{
mv "$@" "~/.trash";
}

and let cron evict it time and again.


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