[spideymans]

>I can't be certain why, because it's been so long since I used Windows, but I never found this to be a problem in practice

I would have said the same thing. But then again, I'm sure there's been times where files have gone "missing" on my computer. Did I misplace them? Accidentally deleted them? Accidentally cut-and-paste? Who knows.

>I'd be perfectly happy if this were an option, buried in some obscure preference panel somewhere, labelled "yes, I really want to shoot myself in the foot" but, as it stands, I don't even get that.

Yeah, no argument from me there. I'd appreciate an option buried in the OS X CLI at a bare minimum.