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when you notice that the rm command takes longer to run than expected (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 weeks ago by SlizedOnion@lemmy.world to c/programmerhumor@lemmy.ml

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[–] Peffse@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I had a coworker preparing a customer database that arrived via sneakernet. He typo'd a variable during an rm -f step and ended up wiping the device because it was his working directory and the variable was undefined.

[–] sepi@piefed.social 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Last evening, I deleted a file by mistake in my dhcp server. Five minutes later I had recovered the file from the previous night's backup and was going about my merry way as if nothing happened.
If humans can make mistakes with the files, you should consider having backups. Having backups is something you decide to engage in BEFORE you have a loss event, so that you are prepared for when humans make their mistakes.
I am a human, and I know I make mistakes, therefore I prep even my silly infrastructure at home to defend against my sillyness.