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# Shouldn't that be rm -rf */~
?
(I helped save b3ta! EvS, Fri 4 Apr 2003, 5:27, archived)
# umm no.
no it shouldnt. * means every file / meands the dir, the tilde means home directiory, put those together that makes no sense, 'rm -rf /' deletes the root dir... which means it deletes all your base
(rottle, Fri 4 Apr 2003, 5:50, archived)
# woo
wot a sassy retort that was
(Rumours of Dinoadventures death have been greatly exaggerated., Fri 4 Apr 2003, 5:51, archived)
# Yeah, I thought that was the joke you were going for.
You try to delete everything, only to get a wooyay.

EDIT: Fuck you, it's late. :-P

...
(I helped save b3ta! EvS, Fri 4 Apr 2003, 5:54, archived)
# rm -rf *
S'what I meant.

Not sure how the tilde got there..
(I helped save b3ta! EvS, Fri 4 Apr 2003, 5:57, archived)
# ALL your base
rm -rf * deletes everything in the current directory... rm -rf / deletes EVERYTHING.


try it on your local unix box on which you have root. blah, trust me, i know mu unix
(rottle, Fri 4 Apr 2003, 6:05, archived)
# Hmm..not sure that's entirely true,
but I'll take you're word for it.

Fsck you, anyway.
(I helped save b3ta! EvS, Fri 4 Apr 2003, 6:08, archived)
# grrr
fine..
(rottle, Fri 4 Apr 2003, 6:29, archived)
# personally,
I go for the:

root@yourbox> mv / /dev/null

approach... far more brutal on the old drive ;)
(I helped save b3ta! packetslut, Fri 4 Apr 2003, 8:56, archived)
# Everstoned
rottle is right... rm -rf * will empty out the current directory. rm -rf / will removed the root, and all it's subdirectories. rm -rf /* will have the same effect (on most releases of unix)
(I helped save b3ta! packetslut, Fri 4 Apr 2003, 8:57, archived)
# all your base
are belong to us?
(I helped save b3ta! Or is it?, Fri 4 Apr 2003, 5:54, archived)
# i think the moral of the story is
that all your base are now abandoned on the physical volume by means of the aforementioned shell command.
(Rumours of Dinoadventures death have been greatly exaggerated., Fri 4 Apr 2003, 5:59, archived)
# It would seem
that the focus of said base might be delighted in ownership, but that end is not regarded as optimal in the due process of aquiring bases.

Base aquisition is a tricky topic.

Regards.
(I helped save b3ta! Syncubus Yarr! Ye'll be walking Planck's Constant! [GMT-5], Fri 4 Apr 2003, 6:42, archived)
# or perhaps
the end justifies the means and thusly also precludes further digression from the intended topic of previous discourse.

either way,
#CHOWN /usr/bin/you/base me
(Rumours of Dinoadventures death have been greatly exaggerated., Fri 4 Apr 2003, 7:05, archived)