hi everyone,
i have redhat 9 and when i delete a file , it gets deleted automatically. does any1 knw how i can prompt a message saying do u want to delete yes or no.
sam1 0 Posting Whiz
w1r3sp33d 1 Junior Poster
One of the best things about linux is that it doesn't baby you all the time about if you really meant to delete something or not. If they would just remove "trash" from all the desktops it would be even better.
If you delete it out of a shell without any augments "rm filename" it should ask you confirm with a "y" if you really want it deleted.
From a gui I can't help you, maybe someone else can.
alc6379 120 Cookie... That's it Team Colleague
if you're talking about at the command prompt, you can make an alias in your ~/.bashrc file:
alias rm='rm -i'
That will make it "interactive"-- prompting you to delete everytime you use the command.
jbennet 1,618 Most Valuable Poster Team Colleague Featured Poster
I dont know about Red Hat 9 But in red hat Fedora core you can go into GNOME and right click on the trash and select a check box to get the prompt asking yes or no.
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