On Fri, 15 Apr 2016 12:47:49 -0400 (EDT)
"D. Hugh Redelmeier" <[email protected]> wrote:

> About "rm -rf", the article says:
> 
>       The code usually deleted specific parts of a server or
>       computer, but because this code didn't have a specified
>       target, it deleted everything.
> 
> This isn't true of the rm(1) command.  No operand means delete nothing.

   What they actually showed was "RM-RF", completely harmless, at least until 
Linux includes a retaliation feature that punishes people for typing in invalid 
commands.  


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