From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from ip15.shellworld.net ([64.49.204.174] helo=server2.shellworld.net ident=root) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1AvOyp-00036i-00 for ; Mon, 23 Feb 2004 17:55:16 -0500 Received: from server2.shellworld.net (ldavis@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by server2.shellworld.net (8.12.10/8.12.8) with ESMTP id i1NMt7q1032015 for ; Mon, 23 Feb 2004 22:55:07 GMT (envelope-from ldavis@shellworld.net) Received: from localhost (ldavis@localhost) by server2.shellworld.net (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) with ESMTP id i1NMt70w032012 for ; Mon, 23 Feb 2004 16:55:07 -0600 (CST) X-Authentication-Warning: server2.shellworld.net: ldavis owned process doing -bs Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2004 16:55:07 -0600 (CST) From: Luke Davis To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." In-Reply-To: <20040223203824.GD871@gmx.net> Message-ID: References: <001401c3f6ee$7c87cdb0$6401a8c0@kasil> <20040223203824.GD871@gmx.net> Organization: "Tacticus Communications, Inc." MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Subject: Re: shutting down X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.4 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2004 22:55:16 -0000 On Mon, 23 Feb 2004, Alex Snow wrote: > yeah you gotta watch out how you do that. > another thing to watch out when using is the rm -r command. you can > really screw up a filesystem like that... Please elaborate. Other than unlinking large numbers of files, as well as their containing directories: what damage do you see in its use? I mean, obviously "rm -rf /", is one of the more stupid moves one can make, but what damage is done to the actual file system? Luke