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# 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

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(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)