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One thing to note is that the particular problem was known, but all the solutions involved suffering: "“Switch to a slower directory-based method,” or “Use a fi
by Uhhrrr 12y ago
One thing to note is that the particular problem was known, but all the solutions involved suffering: "“Switch to a slower directory-based method,” or “Use a file size hack that had bugs,” or any number of other unhelpful things".
Maybe this comes from a macho sensibility. Another example is the problem that it's easy for a noob or fat-fingered typist to type "rm -rf *". The current solution is "lump it".
Maybe women are more likely to weight things in favor of not blowing things up (data from actual women needed), and feminism is required to give equal weight to that viewpoint.
Many maybes here. I am spitballing too.
- arjie 12y agoYou want to allow rm -rf * (shell globbing happens first, so rm cannot know it was called with ). You also want to allow rm -rf ./ but you don't want to allow rm -rf / *. And that's where `--preserve-root` comes in, which is default now I believe. EDIT: How annoying. The asterisk makes emphasis weirdly.
- simoncion 12y agorm -rf * is a power tool. Because of its usefulness, you don't remove the blade from a circular saw. You do, however, put a hand-guard on the blade to prevent catastrophic accidents. Note that rm -rf / requires --no-preserve-root to remove / on most (all?) distros. The shitty performance of atime is shitty performance, rather than a useful attribute of the tool.