sudo rm -rf /

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• stoy@lemmy.zip ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Don’t you have to pass the --no-preserve-root flag for this to work these days?

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  • Homo_Erectus@lemmy.zip ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Yeah, but it wouldn’t fit in the speech bubble =P

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  • second@feddit.uk ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Or use /* for the path so it globs to all directories under / whilst not triggering the logic which requires –no-preserve-root.

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    • hayvan@piefed.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Yes, that’s how I nuked my workstation once. Part of my development routine was running sudo rm -rf $SDCARD/*. Guess what happens when SDCARD isn’t defined.

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    • Sylvartas@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Shouldn’t it be /*.* for proper nuking or is that unnecessary ?

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• balderdash9@lemmy.zip ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Don’t try this at home kids

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• WereCat@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I did this accidentally on my TrueNAS when I was tired and troubleshooting something after midnight… luckily I had a backup

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