On Feb 14, 2013, at 10:25 AM, Eric Sandeen <sandeen@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I was thinking, as annoying as it might be, requiring the user to > use "-f $OLD_FS_TYPE" might require a bit more positive action > and cognition on the admin's part. > > OTOH, that could get annoying, and break old scripts. :) Yes, it's possible to get carried away with this: An "are you sure" prompt that requires typing "yes"; or even more deliciously irritating, only accepts as positive: "primateconfirmspreviousfilesystemdestructionwontsubsequentlyaskaboutdatarecovery" Way, way more people will copy/paste that from a list or man entry, than acquire muscle memory for -f. Chris Murphy _______________________________________________ xfs mailing list xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx http://oss.sgi.com/mailman/listinfo/xfs
