Lanky_Pomegranate530@midwest.social to linuxmemes@lemmy.world · edit-24 months agoSeriously this is a joke. Do NOT try thismidwest.socialexternal-linkmessage-square55fedilinkarrow-up161arrow-down117
arrow-up144arrow-down1external-linkSeriously this is a joke. Do NOT try thismidwest.socialLanky_Pomegranate530@midwest.social to linuxmemes@lemmy.world · edit-24 months agomessage-square55fedilink
minus-squareDefederateLemmyMl@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·4 months ago Since you forgot to add - - preserve-root It won’t go too far Go on then … try it. Or don’t because you will erase your system. (Hint: it’s in the asterisk)
minus-squareJohanno@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months 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-up2arrow-down1·edit-24 months 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.
Go on then … try it.
Or don’t because you will erase your system. (Hint: it’s in the asterisk)
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.