On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 07:06:37PM -0400, Thor Lancelot Simon wrote: > On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 06:43:44PM -0400, der Mouse wrote: > > > I'd like to propose a new buffer flag, B_ARRIER. > > > > I'd suggest B_BARRIER. > > I suppose you're right. :-) I agree, but I wasn't going to talk about naming :) > > > "Even experienced UNIX users occasionally enter rm *.* at the UNIX > > > prompt only to realize too late that they have removed the wrong > > > segment of the directory structure." - Microsoft WSS whitepaper > > > > I find that particularly amusing because I can't recall ever running > > "rm *.*" even deliberately; removing everything with a dot in its name > > and nothing else is...not a common operation for me. (Now, if they'd > > said "rm -f *".... :-) > > Well, yes. It immediately struck me that way, too. But you're, so far, > the only other person who seems to think so... That was the whole point of the quote to me, too - the author clearly didn't know Unix the way he was pretending. -- Dan.
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