random - 2 Things:. Never symlink the root directory and don't try to remove a symlink with rm -rf Nearly shit my pants today. - devRant

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bosunoyeleke

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5y

I did this once with my Ubuntu and then I deleted the entire file system, suffice to say that I deleted the OS .. lol
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arcsector

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For anyone who doesn't know, removing it with rm -f is fine, however the -r flag will follow symlinks and delete whatever directory it's pointing to instead
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bosunoyeleke

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5y

It was too late when I’d realized what I’d done
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Jilano

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5y

@irene Force of habit, I'd say
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Jilano

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5y

@irene Most definitely *shrugs*
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scrapes

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5y

@irene in fact a really bad habit. One of my few sins
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gaffletron

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5y

@irene still don’t know what the avz means in ‘rsync -avz’ but I make sure to type it every time

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