> > I'd rather have that, than the alternative, of something named ls
> > in ./ that does say rm -rf /usr
> 
> That's why /bin goes before . (. should be last, IMHO, if used at all...)

It's not "ls" that people put, it's "mroe" and "sl" and "grpe" and so
on.  You're betting on the sysadmin making a typo.  I think the warning
is a good idea and would be in favor of keeping it in there.  (It's
a bit like the gets() warning.)

Lawrence