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
Contrary 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.