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__david__
on April 14, 2016
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Man accidentally 'deletes his entire company' with...
Nope (almost never), which is why GNU rm requires the '--no-preserve-root' flag if you actually want to do that for some reason.
timseal
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In the manpage for rm, I see "--no-preserve-root do not treat ‘/’ specially (the default)". For real? The default is to do the worst thing?
cyphar
on April 15, 2016
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No, the default is to do nothing. The (default) refers to "treat root specially" not the flag.
megacity
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What are the almost never situations?
I'd be super interested, because I cannot think of one at all :D
randyrand
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Cops / assailant about to bust down your door and its all you know / have time for?
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