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And that is why snapshots exist
(sh.itjust.works)
Though the Windows thing was really funny 😂.
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No, no. Exactly what the user told it to do. Not what they intended. There's a difference.
Exactly type
rm -rf /instead ofrm -rf ./and you ducked up. Well you messed up a long time ago by having privileges to delete everything, but then again, you are human, some mistakes will be made.Deleting the current directory via
./seems contrived since you would just use.or more likely the directory name from outside the directory. What does happen isrm -rf ${FOO}/while${FOO}is an empty string.Not sure if you're referencing the Steam incident, but Steam did exactly that: https://www.theregister.com/2015/01/17/scary_code_of_the_week_steam_cleans_linux_pcs/
Even so,
.and/are right next to each other so it's a likely typo. You might press enter before you catch it.${Insert meme of qwertz ganz not having that problem here}
The double check before you rm things 🤷.
yup, did that one on a server at work. had to go cap in hand to my manager to get him to fix it
Don't modern versions of rm block calling on / unless you pass a separate flag?
Yup I think it's --preserve-root
Machines will always do what you tell them to do, as long as you do what they say.
What do they say?