A keystroke away from Doom.

[Scott Sullivan]

So, I just discovered crontab -r.

While working on a new cron job, I wanted to check what I had done for 
my personal user account on my personal server. I login, type crontab 
-e, or so I had though until I didn't get the editor. On a standard 
Qwerty Keyboard, the 'e' and the 'r' are right next to each other. '-e' 
edit, '-r' deletes  the users crontab, and of course I typo'd it.

Small things like this can make or break your day, and stresses that 
'RAID' is not a back-up, and the importance of having back-ups! Most of 
you know this, but for those have forgotten or are new, just remember 
your a keystroke away from doom.

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I want to thank Hugh for his inspiring 'War Story' posts. It was those 
that made me think to post this little Gem. What are your worst 
keystroke stories?


P.S. Dvorak users, you can stop laughing now.
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Scott Sullivna
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