-=> MAURICE KINAL wrote to WAYNE CHIRNSIDE <=-

 MK> Hey WAYNE!

 MK> Sep 13 18:34 04, WAYNE CHIRNSIDE wrote to MAURICE KINAL:

 WC> One thing to not try to do is cp filename.txt /dev/hda1 

 MK> Yes but as a user that shouldn't matter, only root.  Same with mv
 MK> and rm.  rm is the most dangerous command especially as root and
 MK> with the -r switch.  Be totally sure you typed it in correctly
 MK> before hitting enter.

 You mean like rm -r / 

 Never done it.
 Always got what I intended, path, path, path.
 
 Only the one stupid cp filename.txt /dev/hda1 instead of cp filename.txt
 /mnt/directoryname after mount dev//hda1 /mnt

 Took about three and a half - four hours to get back most everything 
 but of course had a LOT of addons and updates to add to Win 98
 which took MUCH longer :-(

 WC> Back when playing around with an early Slackware I made no such
 WC> mistake but I dunnit on Knoppix when overly tired.

 MK> It can and does happen.  Backups of the important stuff are nice
 MK> to have around but that is true of every OS.

 WC>  Like when one recursively removes files .

 MK> Exactly.  "rm -r" is totally dangerous as root but also as a user
 MK> in their home directory.  Handle with care.

That one I've used repeatedly to cleanup after reorganizing 
as I got a better idea of what I wanted.
 
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