Lanky_Pomegranate530@midwest.social to linuxmemes@lemmy.world · edit-211 days agoSeriously this is a joke. Do NOT try thismidwest.socialimagemessage-square56fedilinkarrow-up1353arrow-down184
arrow-up1269arrow-down1imageSeriously this is a joke. Do NOT try thismidwest.socialLanky_Pomegranate530@midwest.social to linuxmemes@lemmy.world · edit-211 days agomessage-square56fedilink
minus-squareJohanno@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 days agoOr was it non preserve. I never tried it though. I guess a vm should be fine to test it. On the other hand I don’t care enough.
minus-squareDefederateLemmyMl@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-210 days agoThe flag is called --no-preserve-root, but the flag wouldn’t do anything here because you’re not deleting root (/), you’re deleting all non-hidden files and directories under root (/*), and rm will just let you do it.
Or was it non preserve. I never tried it though. I guess a vm should be fine to test it. On the other hand I don’t care enough.
The flag is called
--no-preserve-root
, but the flag wouldn’t do anything here because you’re not deleting root (/
), you’re deleting all non-hidden files and directories under root (/*
), and rm will just let you do it.