🚀 go-pugleaf

ok, i can't resist.  at my last job, working with Data General computers,
right after i started work, one morning howls of disbelief started to rise
up from the cubicles.  files were gone - en masse.  it turns out that the
'then' system manager typed in a command line that would remove a bunch of
list files, recursively starting at a directory:

   delete #:+.lis

or something like that (Mike Meissner, if you're watching, my AOS/VS is
almost gone, having been replaced by Ultrix).

unfortunately, by inserting a space somewhere, he had started deleting
EVERYTHING from the root directory on down.  after about three minutes he
started to wonder why the command was taking so long, so he interrupted it.
one third of a 600 MB disk was gone, and there were no backups.

so as not to flame this guy, he had been working a LOT of hours, and was
really tired of being the system admin anyway.  i did it myself for the
next few years, until i found a suitable replacement...

dlb

[a really long signature follows: it's not my fault.  hit 'n' now!]

--
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
David L. Brooks
Idaho National Engineering Lab.  INTERNET: d...@INEL.GOV
POB 1625 M.S. 1206               Phone: (208) 526-0826
Idaho Falls, Id. 83415           FAX:   (208) 526-1419
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Neither the United States Government nor the Idaho National
Engineering Laboratory nor any of their employees, makes any warranty,
expressed or implied, or assumes any legal liability or responsibility
for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information,
product, or process disclosed, or represents that its use would not
infringe privately owned rights.  Reference herein to any specific
commercial products, process, or service by trade name, trademark
manufacturer, or otherwise, does not necessarily constitute or imply
its endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the United States
Government or the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory.  The views and
opinions of authors expressed herein do not necessarily state or reflect
those of the United States Government nor the Idaho National Engineering
Laboratory, and shall not be used for advertising or product endorsement
purposes.