Lanky_Pomegranate530@midwest.social to linuxmemes@lemmy.world · edit-22 months agoSeriously this is a joke. Do NOT try thismessage-squaremessage-square59fedilinkarrow-up1357arrow-down184
arrow-up1273arrow-down1message-squareSeriously this is a joke. Do NOT try thisLanky_Pomegranate530@midwest.social to linuxmemes@lemmy.world · edit-22 months agomessage-square59fedilink
minus-squareJohanno@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoOr was it non preserve. I never tried it though. I guess a vm should be fine to test it. On the other hand I don’t care enough.
minus-squareDefederateLemmyMl@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-22 months agoThe flag is called --no-preserve-root, but the flag wouldn’t do anything here because you’re not deleting root (/), you’re deleting all non-hidden files and directories under root (/*), and rm will just let you do it.
minus-squareL3ft_F13ld!@links.hackliberty.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoPretty sure it’s --no-preserve-root or something similar.
Or was it non preserve. I never tried it though. I guess a vm should be fine to test it. On the other hand I don’t care enough.
The flag is called
--no-preserve-root, but the flag wouldn’t do anything here because you’re not deleting root (/), you’re deleting all non-hidden files and directories under root (/*), and rm will just let you do it.Pretty sure it’s --no-preserve-root or something similar.