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Misleading? Because "rm -rf /" does give a warning. From info rm: `--preserve-root' Fail upon any attempt to remove the root directory, `/', when used

Misleading? Because "rm -rf /" does give a warning. From info rm: `--preserve-root' Fail upon any attempt to remove the root directory, `/', when used with the `--recursive' option. This is the default behavior.

gh02t 9y ago
Yeah long ago it was not to be the case and rm would happily gobble /, but it started with Sun adding protection. It's been the default in GNU coreutils (hence the vast majority of Linux distros) since 2006.
nthcolumn 9y ago
You forgot the * I put in.