[Swlug] Mint difficulties

[Keith Edmunds]

On Thu, 19 Mar 2020 11:27:51 +0000, swlug at mailman.lug.org.uk said:

> sudo rm followed / etc/somefolder (with an accidental space
> after the /) then that would erase the whole disc partition.

How many have actually tried that?

I did. Years ago I installed Linux (probably Debian) on an old pc, logged
in as root and did the rm minus-rf slash return trick.

Anyone want to speculate about what happened?
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