Pretend you are my boss at the rule opening factory
Pretend you are my boss at the rule opening factory
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Remember kids, you gotta use
rm -rf --no-preserve-root /*now a days!-
rm -rf /*will work just fine (assuming sudo permissions ofc)You need the additional flag for
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What is that for?
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Too many people got trolled into "removing the French language pack" on Linux systems that there's now a check to see if someone is deleting every file off their computer (including the os system files). --no-preserve-root is the option you need to include to actually delete all the files off your system.
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weird how it doesn't warn you for rm -rf /* though
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depending on your shell, i believe the glob is expanded before it gets to the
rmprogram
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Contrary to the memes, Linux does actually sometimes try to stop you from shooting yourself in the foot
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Yes, do as I say!-
Every time I get one of these even if I 100% feel like I know what I'm doing it strikes a deep fear in me
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sudo make me a sandwich
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make: unable to find input files me, a, sandwich
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touch me touch a touch sandwich sudo make me a sandwich
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Overrides the protection in place that prevents you from deleting the root of your filesystem.
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