What is this?
rm-protection-c is another implementation of rm-protection in the C programming language.
It is a safe alternative for removing file. It works exactly the same as rm (in fact it passes arguments to rm almost untouched).
The only difference is that it refuses to proceed if a .*.rm-protection file is found and you failed to answer a question.
Quick Start
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Get the binaries from the Releases page
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Extract the binaries to
/usr/local/bin/(the dynamically-compiled version is preferred. If it doesn't work, try the statically-compiled version.) -
Make an alias for
rm-p.If you are sure,
alias rm="rm-p" -
Protect your files using
protect. -
Happy rm-ing!
How does it work?
It consists of two utilities: rm-p and protect. The latter one is to help you protect files.
For example, you have a file called important_file and it is protected by .important_file.rm-protection.
rm-p will recognize that important_file is protected and prompt to ask you a question stored in .important_file.rm-protection. rm-p will only proceed if you get the answer correctly.
Requirements
- Linux, unix or macOS (Currently, pre-compiled binaries are only available for Linux)
How to contribute?
Pull requests and issues are all welcome! Or tell others about this, so you can even protect the files you send to others!
Actually I don't care if people are using my implementation at all. I just think this kind of mechanism can be great -- using a .rm-protection file that asks questions.
If the community welcomes this mechanism, it will soon be ported/rewritten in every platform or languages, or even be implemented in the GNU coreutils. Then you can even get some default protections shipped with distributions and packages.
So if you agree on this mechanism, please share with others!