Rick Moen wrote:
>
> Quoting Anuerin G. Diaz ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
>
> > [quoting "Elky Grrrr...":]
> > as root type this (without the quotes): "rm -rf /"
> >
> > i hope that fixes your problem
> >
> > [/quote]
> >
> > i hope that advice was made in jest. people who got up from bed lacking
> > in some sense (like me) may take you up on that one. <g>
>
> But think of all the free disk space!
>
i once did (sort of) to stop me from killing myself. humour me with this
little anecdote...
[anecdote]
when i was starting with linux (Mandrake) i created a little alias named
rem. i assigned him to the nifty command 'rm -rf '. i was happy for a
little while then bash played a little joke on me. i did some compiling
at ~/tmp/sample/ and got tired with it as it was getting late. i figured
i can do some 'home-cleaning' before i go to bed by deleting that
directory. me, being able to type really fast, proceeded to execute the
following command without blinking an eye
$ rem ~ /tmp/sample [enter]
then i blinked. and blinked again. then i did a ls -l /home and got
this one
[erin@Ronin /]$ ls -l /home
total 0
[erin@Ronin /]$
geee... look at all that space from the partition i once called home....
[/anecdote]
moral of the anecdote: if you start playing with fire, make sure you
know how to handle it properly, and with respect.
*bow*
ciao!
--
"Programming, an artform that fights back."
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Anuerin G. Diaz
Design Engineer
Millennium Software, Incorporated
2305 B West Tower, Philippines Stocks Exchange Center,
Exchange Road, Ortigas Center, Pasig City
Tel# 637-4634 loc. 75
Fax# 637-4679
Registered Linux User #246176
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