Comments on: Preventing Accidental File Deletion in Linux and UNIX http://www.lifeaftercoffee.com/2006/11/14/preventing-accidental-file-deletion-in-linux-and-unix/ because I don't believe in life before coffee... Wed, 23 Nov 2011 03:01:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jon Emmons http://www.lifeaftercoffee.com/2006/11/14/preventing-accidental-file-deletion-in-linux-and-unix/comment-page-1/#comment-190843 Jon Emmons Sun, 27 May 2007 14:56:09 +0000 http://www.lifeaftercoffee.com/2006/11/14/preventing-accidental-file-deletion-in-linux-and-unix/#comment-190843 Norman, Finding the symbolic links seems to be fairly easy. You can use "find ./ -type l" to find all symbolic links, but testing them is another story. I don't see any really easy way to do that. Hope this helps. If I think of a way to test it I'll let you know. Norman,

Finding the symbolic links seems to be fairly easy. You can use “find ./ -type l” to find all symbolic links, but testing them is another story. I don’t see any really easy way to do that.

Hope this helps. If I think of a way to test it I’ll let you know.

]]> By: Norman Molhant http://www.lifeaftercoffee.com/2006/11/14/preventing-accidental-file-deletion-in-linux-and-unix/comment-page-1/#comment-187383 Norman Molhant Fri, 25 May 2007 00:16:30 +0000 http://www.lifeaftercoffee.com/2006/11/14/preventing-accidental-file-deletion-in-linux-and-unix/#comment-187383 Hi Al! Do you know a simple way to recursively find and remove all bad soft links (soft links to deleted/moved/unexistant files, for instance) from a directory? I'm still doing it by hand, halas! :( Hi Al! Do you know a simple way to recursively find and remove all bad soft links (soft links to deleted/moved/unexistant files, for instance) from a directory? I’m still doing it by hand, halas! :(

]]> By: Jon Emmons http://www.lifeaftercoffee.com/2006/11/14/preventing-accidental-file-deletion-in-linux-and-unix/comment-page-1/#comment-9979 Jon Emmons Wed, 15 Nov 2006 21:53:35 +0000 http://www.lifeaftercoffee.com/2006/11/14/preventing-accidental-file-deletion-in-linux-and-unix/#comment-9979 It works for bash, Bourne and Korn shells. Possibly some others, but not csh or tcsh. It works for bash, Bourne and Korn shells. Possibly some others, but not csh or tcsh.

]]> By: al http://www.lifeaftercoffee.com/2006/11/14/preventing-accidental-file-deletion-in-linux-and-unix/comment-page-1/#comment-9973 al Wed, 15 Nov 2006 21:13:56 +0000 http://www.lifeaftercoffee.com/2006/11/14/preventing-accidental-file-deletion-in-linux-and-unix/#comment-9973 Actually I should have clarified and specified not for Linux but for BASH shells. Every other shell has it's own variation ... Actually I should have clarified and specified not for Linux but for BASH shells. Every other shell has it’s own variation …

]]> By: Jon Emmons http://www.lifeaftercoffee.com/2006/11/14/preventing-accidental-file-deletion-in-linux-and-unix/comment-page-1/#comment-9883 Jon Emmons Wed, 15 Nov 2006 14:41:35 +0000 http://www.lifeaftercoffee.com/2006/11/14/preventing-accidental-file-deletion-in-linux-and-unix/#comment-9883 Good point Al. That should work on most other UNIX and UNIX-like platforms as well. Good point Al. That should work on most other UNIX and UNIX-like platforms as well.

]]> By: al http://www.lifeaftercoffee.com/2006/11/14/preventing-accidental-file-deletion-in-linux-and-unix/comment-page-1/#comment-9763 al Wed, 15 Nov 2006 02:46:39 +0000 http://www.lifeaftercoffee.com/2006/11/14/preventing-accidental-file-deletion-in-linux-and-unix/#comment-9763 Or do it globally on a Linux system in /etc/profile Or do it globally on a Linux system in /etc/profile

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