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Sysadmin’s plan to manage system config changes backfires spectacularly

Nick Kew

Re: Other screw-ups

Safe aliases for 'rm' are a good thing to prevent this!

Aliases for standard system commands are pure evil. They bugger up expectations, both for those who know the standard commands and may react unpredictably to unexpected behaviour, and for those who come new to the aliases and are then surprised by the real thing.

If you want an "rm" you consider safe, use something else for the alias. "del", for instance.

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