[Swlug] Mint difficulties

[Neil Greenwood]

On Thu, 19 Mar 2020, 21:28 Keith Edmunds via Swlug, <
swlug at mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote:

> 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?
>

You get an error message and it refuses to delete all your files.

However, rm minus-rf ~ does still remove your home directory, if I remember
rightly.



Gneel
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