Comments on: rm -rf / http://pthree.org/2009/01/07/rm-rf/ Linux. GNU. Freedom. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:59:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4-alpha By: Aaron http://pthree.org/2009/01/07/rm-rf/#comment-109346 Aaron Fri, 09 Jan 2009 18:26:24 +0000 http://pthree.org/?p=801#comment-109346 Again, as already mentioned in previous posts, the command you present is a very deliberate command. As mentioned in the post, 'rm -rf /' could happen as the result of a careless typo. There's nothing from stopping you to 'dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda' either, but, that command is very specific and deliberate. Again, as already mentioned in previous posts, the command you present is a very deliberate command. As mentioned in the post, ‘rm -rf /’ could happen as the result of a careless typo. There’s nothing from stopping you to ‘dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda’ either, but, that command is very specific and deliberate.

]]> By: Ebrahim http://pthree.org/2009/01/07/rm-rf/#comment-109345 Ebrahim Fri, 09 Jan 2009 17:23:03 +0000 http://pthree.org/?p=801#comment-109345 find / -delete find / -delete

]]> By: Technology » Blog Archive » Vandrei Blog » Blog Archive » Exchange System Manager http://pthree.org/2009/01/07/rm-rf/#comment-109335 Technology » Blog Archive » Vandrei Blog » Blog Archive » Exchange System Manager Thu, 08 Jan 2009 23:29:38 +0000 http://pthree.org/?p=801#comment-109335 [...] Aaron Toponce : rm -rf / [...] [...] Aaron Toponce : rm -rf / [...]

]]> By: Aaron http://pthree.org/2009/01/07/rm-rf/#comment-109333 Aaron Thu, 08 Jan 2009 20:55:31 +0000 http://pthree.org/?p=801#comment-109333 Ubuntu, Fedora, openSUSE, Debian, Arch, FreeBSD, Solaris, Even your beloved Mac OS X must all be stupid. Stupid, stupid, stupid. We're all doomed now that we're becoming like Microsoft. Doomed, I say! DOOMED!! Now come out of your coma, and look at the technical advantages things brings to the table. Your ignorance is overwhelming. Ubuntu, Fedora, openSUSE, Debian, Arch, FreeBSD, Solaris, Even your beloved Mac OS X must all be stupid. Stupid, stupid, stupid. We’re all doomed now that we’re becoming like Microsoft. Doomed, I say! DOOMED!!

Now come out of your coma, and look at the technical advantages things brings to the table. Your ignorance is overwhelming.

]]> By: F-Ubuntu http://pthree.org/2009/01/07/rm-rf/#comment-109332 F-Ubuntu Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:14:13 +0000 http://pthree.org/?p=801#comment-109332 This is stupid! Now they are going to limit to what we do on our own machines? Ubuntu is turning into Mircosoft... This is stupid!

Now they are going to limit to what we do on our own machines?

Ubuntu is turning into Mircosoft…

]]> By: Aaron http://pthree.org/2009/01/07/rm-rf/#comment-109331 Aaron Thu, 08 Jan 2009 18:31:50 +0000 http://pthree.org/?p=801#comment-109331 Removing your home directory doesn't hose your system. You just lose your data, and if you have a backup (you do have a backup of your data, don't you?), you restore, and move forward. No big deal. Removing your home directory doesn’t hose your system. You just lose your data, and if you have a backup (you do have a backup of your data, don’t you?), you restore, and move forward. No big deal.

]]> By: Robert Ames http://pthree.org/2009/01/07/rm-rf/#comment-109330 Robert Ames Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:39:16 +0000 http://pthree.org/?p=801#comment-109330 How about preventing: rm -rf ~ ...can easily make same typo mistakes. How about preventing:

rm -rf ~

…can easily make same typo mistakes.

]]> By: Aaron http://pthree.org/2009/01/07/rm-rf/#comment-109328 Aaron Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:30:08 +0000 http://pthree.org/?p=801#comment-109328 I'm fully aware of your versus you're. What you caught was a simple typo. Thanks for the English lesson, however. I'm sure some other readers appreciate it. I’m fully aware of your versus you’re. What you caught was a simple typo. Thanks for the English lesson, however. I’m sure some other readers appreciate it.

]]> By: Aaron http://pthree.org/2009/01/07/rm-rf/#comment-109327 Aaron Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:28:58 +0000 http://pthree.org/?p=801#comment-109327 rm -rf --preserve-root / rm -rf –preserve-root /

]]> By: Aaron http://pthree.org/2009/01/07/rm-rf/#comment-109326 Aaron Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:28:29 +0000 http://pthree.org/?p=801#comment-109326 Yeah. That's the exact problem with frozen releases on distributions. Yeah. That’s the exact problem with frozen releases on distributions.

]]> By: Tom http://pthree.org/2009/01/07/rm-rf/#comment-109325 Tom Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:19:43 +0000 http://pthree.org/?p=801#comment-109325 Most people who make this mistake don't make it because they don't know the difference, but because they were typing quickly, are auditory thinkers/learners, and failed to re-read their post. The only you're/your mistake up until your post is Aaron's reply in thread 11. This is Aaron's blog, and he's used it correctly everwhere else. Your post is unnecessary and you're irritating. Most people who make this mistake don’t make it because they don’t know the difference, but because they were typing quickly, are auditory thinkers/learners, and failed to re-read their post.

The only you’re/your mistake up until your post is Aaron’s reply in thread 11. This is Aaron’s blog, and he’s used it correctly everwhere else. Your post is unnecessary and you’re irritating.

]]> By: Tom http://pthree.org/2009/01/07/rm-rf/#comment-109324 Tom Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:13:54 +0000 http://pthree.org/?p=801#comment-109324 The change was made to coreutils way back in 2006, it just took this long to percolate through. Here's the git: http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/coreutils.git/commit/?id=aff5a4f2ab86f2a51db8f1d1d734406dc4bd8fb3 The change was made to coreutils way back in 2006, it just took this long to percolate through.

Here’s the git: http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/coreutils.git/commit/?id=aff5a4f2ab86f2a51db8f1d1d734406dc4bd8fb3

]]> By: Mohan http://pthree.org/2009/01/07/rm-rf/#comment-109323 Mohan Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:11:42 +0000 http://pthree.org/?p=801#comment-109323 This is very good, as some idiot won't post it in a forum as a solution and some poor sap does it and erases his whole install. This is very good, as some idiot won’t post it in a forum as a solution and some poor sap does it and erases his whole install.

]]> By: Martin Barrett http://pthree.org/2009/01/07/rm-rf/#comment-109322 Martin Barrett Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:59:32 +0000 http://pthree.org/?p=801#comment-109322 I don't understand why "you're" and "your" are so constantly confused. Here's one way to remember which is which. "you're" has an apostrophe in it, which signifies something has been omitted. What in this case? The "a" in "are", of course: "you're" means "you are". That means it is the <i>other</i> form, "your", that is the possessive form, as in "your mindset"... I don’t understand why “you’re” and “your” are so constantly confused. Here’s one way to remember which is which.

“you’re” has an apostrophe in it, which signifies something has been omitted. What in this case? The “a” in “are”, of course: “you’re” means “you are”. That means it is the other form, “your”, that is the possessive form, as in “your mindset”…

]]> By: Tom http://pthree.org/2009/01/07/rm-rf/#comment-109321 Tom Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:35:46 +0000 http://pthree.org/?p=801#comment-109321 He probably hit Ctrl+C. Or someone else logged in with privileges saw their files disappear and ran 'killall rm' or equivalent. It's very doubtful it stopped for the reason Shane says. He probably hit Ctrl+C. Or someone else logged in with privileges saw their files disappear and ran ‘killall rm’ or equivalent. It’s very doubtful it stopped for the reason Shane says.

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