That extra [Y] - unacceptable.

Post #3,839 by Andrew Grygus 8/4/01 8:42:22 PM Reply	That extra [Y] - unacceptable. No, that wouldn't work. The reason Unix commands ask no questions is they are used by automation scripts most of the time and the questions would either be confusing or there would be no one there to answer them. [link\|http://www.aaxnet.com\|AAx]
Post #3,850 by cforde 8/5/01 1:28:58 AM Reply	Re: That extra [Y] - unacceptable. How many times do you blindly answer 'OK' or 'Y' or... how often has it saved you? right, it's just an annoyance. It works the first few times you encounter it and thereafter it just gets in the way. If you're gonna mess up, that extra prompt is likely to save you only if you've never seen it before and maybe not even then. The only way to protect against something like 'rm -r' is to simply not have that feature. But it would be too painful to live without. That's why we have backups... Have fun, Carl Forde
Post #3,854 by Ashton 8/5/01 3:44:07 AM Reply	OK disable w/scripts natch. But: 'self-destruct CR'?____:[
Post #3,856 by pwhysall 8/5/01 5:39:18 AM Reply	Not really. The reason UNIX commands ask no questions by default is that when UNIX was designed, the people using the OS were, well, the people who wrote it. The user base was never envisioned as expanding beyond the highly technically capable scientific and computing academics who first used it. Compare and contrast UNIX and VMS, which was commercial from the outset, intended for use by real human beans. One example will suffice. To get help on a command, you type "man foo" on UNIX. On VMS, you type "HELP FOO". -- Peter Shill For Hire
Post #3,864 by Ashton 8/5/01 3:32:23 PM Reply	Personally.. prefer: wombat foo. Nice ring to it -
Post #3,865 by a6l6e6x 8/5/01 3:40:30 PM Reply	Re: Personally..., I prefer: foo man choo. :) Alex Only two things are certain: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not certain about the universe. -- Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
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