Christopher Petersen schrieb:

>
> The other thing I like about getting root's ${HOME} out of / is the
> problem of doing something like:
>
> # cd ${SOME_VARIABLE_THAT_DOESNT_EXIST}
> # rm -Rf *
>

Running under root I usually am a bit paranoid.
Before issuing "rm" (especially with wildcards involved)
I do a "pwd" and an "ls" dry run w/ the same parameters
as the "rm".
Well, mostly ...