Re: OT moment of doubt

Carel-Jan Engel wrote:

>Jareds method is what I use most of the times.
>When I'm really unsure, I run a small loop like (Apologies Jared, this
>still isn't perl):
>for file in *.dbf
>do
> echo mv ${file} ${file}.GONE
>done
>
>
>

May I suggest a little change of the script:

foreach $file (glob('*.dbf')) {

    unlink($file);
    print "File $file is gone with the wind. Tomorrow is another day. Update your resume.\n";
}

-- 
Mladen Gogala
Oracle DBA
Ext. 121


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