Re: OT moment of doubt

I neglected to give it a name, as requested.
I'm really not sure what to call it.

But when I do something like that, there is at times a brief
feeling of anxiety that I've screwed it up, regardless of
how much testing I've done.

If I am *sure* I've screwed it up, the anxiety is followed
by a head to toe tingling, and involuntary contraction of
several muscles best not discussed here.

Jared


On 6/15/05, Jared Still <jkstill@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Every time I do it.
> 
> When using a command like that, I usually check 
> it with ls first, then modify the command.
> 
> eg.
> 
> ls -l *.dbf
> 
> If that gets the expected results, I will then call up
> the command line history and replace the 'ls -l' 
> with 'rm -f'.
> 
> This not only ensures the results are what I expect,
> but avoids fat fingering that occur if the entire command
> is retyped:
> 
> eg. rm -f * .dbf
> 
> Notice the space between * and .dbf.
> 
> Jared
> 
> 
> 
> On 6/15/05, Joe <nigel.tufnel1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > 
> > What would you call that moment in time after you do "rm *.dbf" on all
> > your database files, where you suddenly panic about whther you're on
> > the right server or not?
> > 
> > This happens to me all the time, even after checking, even after 17 
> > yrs of DBA-ing. Kinda like that feeling you get when your chair starts
> > to tip over backwards but you catch yourself.
> > 
> > :P
> > 
> > Joe
> > --
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> > 
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Jared Still
> Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist
> 
> 


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