RE: OT moment of doubt

From: Orr, Steve <sorr_at_rightnow.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 13:21:12 -0600
Message-ID: <E418CEC8B5FB3E48B30FA22F092886E751045C@RNT-BOZ-0201.corp.rightnow.com>

Excellent comment Jared. A coupla years ago a sysadmin did something similar and accidentally zapped lotsa directories. I ALWAYS do ls first and even with that I have to take a deep breath before timidly hitting <Enter>

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[mailto:oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org] On Behalf Of Jared Still Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2005 12:25 PM
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Subject: Re: OT moment of doubt

Every time I do it.
When using a command like that, I usually check=20 it with ls first, then modify the command.

eg.

ls -l *.dbf

If that gets the expected results, I will then call up the command line history and replace the 'ls -l'=20 with 'rm -f'.

This not only ensures the results are what I expect, but avoids fat fingering that occur if the entire command is retyped:

eg. rm -f * .dbf

Notice the space between * and .dbf.

Jared

On 6/15/05, Joe <nigel.tufnel1_at_gmail.com> wrote:

>=20

> What would you call that moment in time after you do "rm *.dbf" on all
> your database files, where you suddenly panic about whther you're on
> the right server or not?

>=20

> This happens to me all the time, even after checking, even after 17
> yrs of DBA-ing. Kinda like that feeling you get when your chair starts
> to tip over backwards but you catch yourself.

>=20

> :P

>=20

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Jared Still
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