[Mageia-dev] [Bug 8177] rm command can't delete file, unless using the full path for the rm binary "/bin/rm"

Fri Nov 23 23:53:49 CET 2012

Colin Guthrie a écrit :
+> 'Twas brillig, and Michael Wood at 22/11/12 14:45 did gyre and gimble:
+>>
+>> Or if you happy to run rm as it was written and risk deleting something
+>> you didn't want too, then comment out the alias (and any others that get
+>> on your nerves:) ) from /etc/profile.d/60alias.sh
+>
+> While it technically is a config file, it's also numeric which means
+> that one day, it *might* be renumbered for whatever need at the time.
+>
+> I therefore try to always avoid editing such files whenever possible.
+>
+> Instead, I'd personally recommend creating your own file:
+>
+> /etc/profile.d/999-fsck-the-defaults.sh
+>
+> and in it just put:
+> alias rm=rm
+>
+> or similar to "undo" the earlier changes.
+>
+> Sure there is a tiny amount more to do at init, but it's pretty minimal
+> and you likely won't notice.
+>
+> Col
+>
+
+That's what I do too (creating a custom file) -- for various other 
+commands.  That also ensures that it isn't overwritten by any updates.
+
+For rm, I'd rather have confirmation.
+(reminds me of the rm -f 127.0.0.1 joke)
+
+
+-- 
+André
+