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2 Things:. Never symlink the root directory and don't try to remove a symlink with rm -rf

Nearly shit my pants today.

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  • 0
    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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    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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    It was too late when I’d realized what I’d done
  • 0
    @irene in fact a really bad habit. One of my few sins
  • 3
    @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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