More categories for aliases (was Re: something or other)

[Steve Creps]

In article <1044 at cresswell.quintus.UUCP> ok at quintus.UUCP (Richard A. O'Keefe) writes:
>In article <1827 at silver.bacs.indiana.edu>, creps at silver (Steve Creps) writes:
>> - To set default flags for a command (i.e. "alias rm rm -i" makes -i a default
>>   flag for rm instead of -f)
>"-f" is NOT a default for rm.

   It is on our system (which runs Ultrix 2.0). Actually, from what I've heard
on the net, "-f" is indeed the default for rm on most Unix-based systems. At
least, I've heard people say "-f" is the default, but have never before heard
anyone say "-i" is.

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