Too many people got trolled into “removing the French language pack” on Linux systems that there’s now a check to see if someone is deleting every file off their computer (including the os system files). --no-preserve-root is the option you need to include to actually delete all the files off your system.
Remember kids, you gotta use
rm -rf --no-preserve-root /*now a days!rm -rf /*will work just fine (assuming sudo permissions ofc)You need the additional flag for
rm -rf --no-preserve-root /What is that for?
Too many people got trolled into “removing the French language pack” on Linux systems that there’s now a check to see if someone is deleting every file off their computer (including the os system files). --no-preserve-root is the option you need to include to actually delete all the files off your system.
weird how it doesn’t warn you for rm -rf /* though
depending on your shell, i believe the glob is expanded before it gets to the
rmprogramContrary to the memes, Linux does actually sometimes try to stop you from shooting yourself in the foot
Yes, do as I say!Every time I get one of these even if I 100% feel like I know what I’m doing it strikes a deep fear in me
Overrides the protection in place that prevents you from deleting the root of your filesystem.