Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!aioe.org!news.stack.nl!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed3.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail
Return-Path: <python-python-list@m.gmane.org>
X-Original-To: python-list@python.org
Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org
X-Spam-Status: OK 0.002
X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 1.00; '*S*': 0.00; ';-)': 0.03; 'from:addr:yahoo.co.uk': 0.04; 'lawrence': 0.09; 'received:80.91': 0.09; 'received:80.91.229': 0.09; 'received:gmane.org': 0.09; 'received:list': 0.09; 'tismer': 0.09; 'python': 0.11; '"/"': 0.16; '-rf': 0.16; '-tkc': 0.16; 'cached': 0.16; 'deletion': 0.16; 'feeding': 0.16; 'rebuild': 0.16; 'received:80.91.229.3': 0.16; 'received:plane.gmane.org': 0.16; 'subject:PYTHON': 0.16; 'files.': 0.16; 'language': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'programming': 0.22; 'header:User-Agent:1': 0.23; 'certainly': 0.24; "haven't": 0.24; 'second': 0.26; 'asking': 0.27; 'header:X-Complaints-To:1': 0.27; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.27; 'tim': 0.29; "doesn't": 0.30; "i'm": 0.30; 'chase': 0.31; "they'll": 0.31; 'there.': 0.32; 'figure': 0.32; 'running': 0.33; 'trouble': 0.34; 'but': 0.35; 'christian': 0.38; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.38; 'files': 0.38; 'delete': 0.39; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'received:org': 0.40; 'how': 0.40; 'even': 0.60; 'remove': 0.60; 'commands': 0.60; 'eventually': 0.60; 'gone': 0.61; 'entire': 0.61; 'world.': 0.61; "you're": 0.61; 'show': 0.63; 'him,': 0.64; 'hey,': 0.75; 'drive.': 0.84; 'process...': 0.84
X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/
To: python-list@python.org
From: Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk>
Subject: Re: PYTHON 3.4 LEFTOVERS
Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2013 21:20:18 +0000
References: <db6ddad6-aa4a-466c-9e8e-d41710af21eb@googlegroups.com> <20131116150224.73c8997e@bigbox.christie.dr>
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: host-78-147-179-122.as13285.net
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.1.0
In-Reply-To: <20131116150224.73c8997e@bigbox.christie.dr>
X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15
Precedence: list
List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language <python-list.python.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-list>, <mailto:python-list-request@python.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/>
List-Post: <mailto:python-list@python.org>
List-Help: <mailto:python-list-request@python.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list>, <mailto:python-list-request@python.org?subject=subscribe>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.python
Message-ID: <mailman.2737.1384636839.18130.python-list@python.org>
Lines: 33
NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6
X-Trace: 1384636839 news.xs4all.nl 15990 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:47045
X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl
Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:59658

On 16/11/2013 21:02, Tim Chase wrote:
> On 2013-11-16 08:03, Ferrous Cranus wrote:
>> root@secure [~]# find / -name python3.4 | rm -rf
> [snip]
>> 1. DELETE ALL REMAINS OF PYTHON3.4
>
> I'm surprised I haven't seen the suggestion to move the "/" to the
> end of the entire command...it would certainly DELETE ALL REMAINS OF
> PYTHON3.4 ;-)
>
> Note1: DO NOT DO THIS unless you want to also DELETE ALL REMAINS OF
> YOUR HARD DRIVE.  But hey, Python3.4 would be gone in the process...
>
> Note2: you're running commands you don't understand AS ROOT?!?!?!
> You're just asking for trouble there.
>
> Note3: since "locate" uses a cached DB of files for rapid finding,
> and your process doesn't rebuild that locate-DB, they'll continue to
> show up even after you eventually figure out how to successfully
> remove the files.  Use "find" for both purposes:  deletion and
> verification.
>
> -tkc
>

Please stop feeding him, TIA.

-- 
Python is the second best programming language in the world.
But the best has yet to be invented.  Christian Tismer

Mark Lawrence