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Nope (almost never), which is why GNU rm requires the '--no-preserve-root' flag if you actually want to do that for some reason.

• megacity 11y ago
  What are the almost never situations? I'd be super interested, because I cannot think of one at all :D
  • randyrand 11y ago
    Cops / assailant about to bust down your door and its all you know / have time for?
• timseal 11y ago
  In the manpage for rm, I see "--no-preserve-root do not treat ‘/’ specially (the default)". For real? The default is to do the worst thing?
  • cyphar 11y ago
    No, the default is to do nothing. The (default) refers to "treat root specially" not the flag.