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#! rnews 2115 sserve.cc.adfa.oz.au Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.kei.com!news.mathworks.com!gatech!news.sprintlink.net!newsie.dmc.com!news.iii.net!iii1.iii.net!not-for-mail From: hdslip@iii1.iii.net (HD Associates) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Suggestion for 2.1 Date: 8 Jun 1995 19:20:23 -0400 Organization: HD Associates, Inc. Lines: 41 Message-ID: <3r80ka$bun@iii1.iii.net> References: <3r6rh4$64v@oz.plymouth.edu> <3r7888$280@germany.eu.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: iii1.iii.net In article <3r7888$280@germany.eu.net>, Bernard Steiner <bs@Germany.EU.net> wrote: > >In article <3r6rh4$64v@oz.plymouth.edu>, ted@oz.plymouth.edu (Ted Wisniewski) writes: >|> I have a suggestion for 2.1, To help protect new users from themselves >|> place the following aliases in "root"'s .cshrc: >|> >|> alias rm 'rm -i' >|> alias cp 'cp -i' >|> alias mv 'mv -i' > >might as well add >alias dir 'ls -l' I agree, though if we had a DOS-like DIR I would use that instead. >alias a: 'echo -n' (... Unix commands aliased to echo -n ...) > >No. I'd rather suggest people refrain from being root if they don't know what >they are doing. Otherwise, the painful experiences will only be delayed. No, realize that we are reaching an interesting group of people who can barely make their way around DOS. Many of them are experimenting with FreeBSD and won't lose too much other than their time when they trash the disk, etc. And they will have to be root to mount their floppies, etc. I've helped a few users out who, in the beginning, I was convinced would NEVER get off the ground without losing everything and giving up. Their questions illustrated that they were really just starting with anything beyond powerup and "dir". Might as well reward them when they type "dir" with something intelligent. I'm pleased to say some are still "on the air" with FreeBSD. Us advanced types can just shudder and remove the silly aliases. -- Peter Dufault Real Time Machine Control and Simulation HD Associates, Inc. Voice: 508 433 6936 dufault@hda.com Fax: 508 433 5267