RE: I don't understand Unix, but would someone who does pleasere spond to me and explain it.

Not a whiz at Unix but here is my translation.
rm is "remove"
-i is a command flag that tells it to ask you if you are sure you want to
remove the file.
/bin/laden while I think this is a play on words, the definition of a bin
file on unix is an "executable binary"


Thank you.

Audrey Gilbreath
Applications Architect
Interfaces Team
perotsystems
Catholic Healthcare West -- Business Services Center
(602) 307-2481
agilbrea@chw.edu



-----Original Message-----
From: James Rich [mailto:james@eaerich.com]
Sent: Monday, September 24, 2001 5:15 PM
To: midrange-l@midrange.com
Subject: Re: I don't understand Unix, but would someone who does please
respond to me and explain it.


On Mon, 24 Sep 2001 barsa@barsaconsulting.com wrote:

> a little unix joke:
>
> rm /bin/laden

Maybe a little play on words here?  Or maybe the result is funny, too:

james@orion:~/mozilla/dist/bin> rm /bin/laden
rm: cannot remove `/bin/laden': No such file or directory

A reflection on how hard it is going to be.

> We decided that the US gov't is actually attempting:
>
> rm -rf /bin/laden

Well, maybe not *completely* silently :)  Probably not this either:

rm -i /bin/laden

James Rich
james@eaerich.com

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