Lyndon Tiu apparently said,on my timestamp of 1/02/2005 1:48 PM: >> > > > Replace the "rm" command with a shell script wrapper that detects a *.dbf > file > and ignore it and prints out a message telling the person trying to delete > the *.dbf file thet they are very naughty. > > -- Yup, that'd be my first choice. And a nastygram to the powers that be, highlighting the risks and costs of allowing privileged access to irresponsible twits. -- Cheers Nuno Souto in sunny Sydney, Australia dbvision@xxxxxxxxxxxx -- http://www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l