smart rm fn...

smart rm fn...

[Tore Morkemo]

-- Hei !

   I just got the idea of writing a smart rm function but I havent got
   too much exeperience in writing rc scripts, maybe one of you rc-gurus
   could take this as an exercise.

   I don't like the idea of fn'ing rm to move the file to /tmp or
   somewhere else ( fn rm {mv $* /tmp} ) since this tend to fill up
   /tmp. But I have to admit that I just removed a file that I shouldn't
   have removed....:-(   So what about this idea:

   Make a fn that REMOVES only the files that I never need, like .o files,
   and MOVES all the files that ends with .c .h etc. to /tmp.
   The file extensions that I would like to move should be put in a
   list like :

     move_file_extensions=(.c .h .1 .C .cpp)


PS:
   Actually I just came up with a better solution to the entire problem,
   but I still think it's a good rc exercise and I would like to see
   a good solution.....


Tore.

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Re: smart rm fn...

[Byron Rakitzis]

This is just off the top of my head, but the problem is exactly suited
for the ~ operator:

	fn rm {
		for (i) {
			if (~ $i *^$move_file_extensions) {
				mv $i /tmp/save_dir
			} else {
				builtin rm $i
			}
		}
	}

There, how's that? (you'll want to add options etc. but I haven't got
time right now)