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And that is why snapshots exist (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by 0x4E4F to c/[email protected]
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Though the Windows thing was really funny ๐Ÿ˜‚.

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[โ€“] taladar 37 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Deleting the current directory via ./ seems contrived since you would just use . or more likely the directory name from outside the directory. What does happen is rm -rf ${FOO}/ while ${FOO} is an empty string.

[โ€“] [email protected] 19 points 5 months ago

Not sure if you're referencing the Steam incident, but Steam did exactly that: https://www.theregister.com/2015/01/17/scary_code_of_the_week_steam_cleans_linux_pcs/

[โ€“] [email protected] 18 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Even so, . and / are right next to each other so it's a likely typo. You might press enter before you catch it.

[โ€“] 0x4E4F 1 points 5 months ago

The double check before you rm things ๐Ÿคท.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

${Insert meme of qwertz ganz not having that problem here}

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

yup, did that one on a server at work. had to go cap in hand to my manager to get him to fix it