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> I might add, on a older rig I tried that command once. I ran rm -rfv /* |
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> and it didn't erase everything like I thought it would. I figured the |
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> command would be loaded in ram and would run until the end of the / |
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> structure. It didn't. I can't recall how far it got now but I think it |
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> was in the /proc directory. I figure it deleted the process and sort of |
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> forgot to finish. It's been a while since I did that tho. Details are |
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> fuzzy. |
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# rm -rfv / |
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rm: it is dangerous to operate recursively on ‘/’ |
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rm: use --no-preserve-root to override this failsafe |
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# rm -rfv --no-preserve-root / |
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** deletes lots of stuff** |
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** cannot delete in /proc ** |
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** cannot delete in /sys ** |
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** deletes more stuff ** |
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** finshed with status 0 ** |
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System broken :-) Don't worry, it was only a virtual machine. |
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