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scarejunba on Sept 9, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: Daytripper

Most `rm` impls default to `--preserve-root` now, so you need to `rm --no-preserve-root`.

williamdclt on Sept 9, 2019 | [–]

it prevents against `rm -rf /`, not `rm -rf /*` does it?

snazz on Sept 9, 2019 | | [–]

Probably. The star would involve shell globbing. [edit for clarification: I meant that you’re probably right]

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