Very Expensive Typo

[UserNameGoesHere]

gcc -o myprogram myprogram.c
./myprogram
...errors at blah blah line numbers ...
...fix those errors...
rm myprogram
gcc -o myprogram myprogram.c
./myprogram
....errors at blah blah line numbers...
.
.
.
...(hours of this later)...
rm myprogram.c
gcc -o myprogram myprogram.c
No such file or directory

FUUUUUUUU

[dAnceguy117]

Re: Very Expensive Typo

rip source code

[Fluvs]

Re: Very Expensive Typo

Messed up

[FissionMailed1]

Re: Very Expensive Typo

Why aren't you using a makefile so this kind of thing doesn't happen, lmfao. Even if you only have one source file, it is a good habit to get into.

[UserNameGoesHere]

Re: Very Expensive Typo

Why aren't you using a makefile so this kind of thing doesn't happen, lmfao. Even if you only have one source file, it is a good habit to get into.

Yeah if it was something bigger I would. And you're right that I probably should.

I dunno -- I get sloppy sometimes when I'm just trying to throw something together.

Finished what I was doing, but that oops did set me back a bit. :-P

[Izzy]

Re: Very Expensive Typo

I'm confused what you were trying to type in the first place that was similar to "rm".

[UserNameGoesHere]

Re: Very Expensive Typo

I'm confused what you were trying to type in the first place that was similar to "rm".

rm wasn't the typo

the .c on the end was.


Basically- compile code, test executable, fix code, delete executable, compile code,etc..
Except one time an accidental delete source.

[Izzy]

Re: Very Expensive Typo

But wouldn't recompiling already overwrite the preexisting executable?

[UserNameGoesHere]

Re: Very Expensive Typo

But wouldn't recompiling already overwrite the preexisting executable?

It does. But, ... habit. It was more to ensure I had a "clean" environment in the off-chance it for some reason didn't get overwritten, as unlikely as that might be. Probably a tad OCD like double or triple checking your house door to make "sure" you locked it.

I'm very thorough, but sometimes a bit too thorough.

While this over-thoroughness bit me here, it is quite handy for things like finding and fixing bugs though.

[qqwref]

Re: Very Expensive Typo

Why didn't you use the up arrow (or similar) to copy the command you previously used? That should make it very hard to make a mistake like this.

[UserNameGoesHere]

Re: Very Expensive Typo

Why didn't you use the up arrow (or similar) to copy the command you previously used? That should make it very hard to make a mistake like this.

With a bunch of miscellaneous commands, it's usually easier to just type stuff out than search through command history unless it's a particularly involved command (lots of options used/etc...)

Again, more force of habit. I would be issuing other commands in the between time and don't really feel like sifting 5 to 10 commands back to find what I want when it's easy enough to just type it out. That said, costly typo. :-P

One other thing I could do though to avoid this particular problem in the future is just allow the default name of a.out for the executable, for testing purposes, and only rename it once finished. It'd be pretty hard to accidentally delete a source code file that looks nothing like "a.out" and if I tried to remove a.out.c that file wouldn't exist and wouldn't matter.

[FissionMailed1]

Re: Very Expensive Typo

The thing about makefiles is that you can just make a template one that is universal for simple directory structures (i.e. everything is in the same directory as the makefile). It isn't a big deal to just reuse it, just change GCC args and whatnot. Also, in your makefile, you can add a label to delete all object files, so you can do something like this:

make
make clean

If you don't want to set up source control, you could just work out of Dropbox. That way, you have rudimentary housekeeping, should you make this mistake again.

[dAnceguy117]

Re: Very Expensive Typo

I email myself code periodically. #ghettolyfe

[leonid]

Re: Very Expensive Typo

Check your recycle bin :twisted:

[dAnceguy117]

Re: Very Expensive Typo

oh u..........