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It is. Which is why everyone in Unix who types "rm -rf " then types their next character _very carefully_ and reads the line before committing. I'm trying to s
by bonaldi 12y ago
It is. Which is why everyone in Unix who types "rm -rf " then types their next character _very carefully_ and reads the line before committing.
I'm trying to say that when you've got something dangerous without safeguards, you take care around it. Not taking care of known-dangerous things and causing severe damages as a result is an arguably good case for dismissal.
- graylights 12y agoThe proper answer is to type "rm <dir> -rf" otherwise you're risking a stray strike on enter.
- gatehouse 12y agoThe other proper answer is to have a good backup and recovery system.
- goblin89 12y ago> The other proper answer is to have a good backup and recovery system. And, of course, that should've been the solution to OP's incident with the Korean Airlines flight 007. Backups, surprisingly, are scarcely mentioned at all in this whole thread.