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I read somewhere this doesn't really work anymore on common distros for reasons I don't remember. Not that I'm gonna test it.

• scarejunba 7y ago
  Most `rm` impls default to `--preserve-root` now, so you need to `rm --no-preserve-root`.
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  • williamdclt 7y ago
    it prevents against `rm -rf /`, not `rm -rf /*` does it?
    • snazz 7y ago
      Probably. The star would involve shell globbing. [edit for clarification: I meant that you’re probably right]