FedX@quokk.au to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoPOSIX really has a tool for everything!quokk.auimagemessage-square39linkfedilinkarrow-up1976arrow-down117
arrow-up1959arrow-down1imagePOSIX really has a tool for everything!quokk.auFedX@quokk.au to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square39linkfedilink
minus-squareTja@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up93·1 day agoYou can remove the French language pack with rm -fr /
minus-squareAnafabula@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up36·1 day ago# rm -fr / rm: it is dangerous to operate recursively on '/' rm: use --no-preserve-root to override this failsafe
minus-squareBobWehadababyitsaboy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up22·22 hours agoIt’s a common misconception: whats happening is that -fr is dangerous and it doesnt want to preserve the root. So you need to use the flag to tell it “No, Preserve Root!”, hence you must use the --no-preserve-root flag just to be extra safe.
minus-squaredafta@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·23 hours agorm -fr /* works no issue.
minus-squareslazer2au@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29·1 day agoWow, you can’t even remove the French language pack anymore?
minus-squarenymnympseudonym@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·22 hours agoNot in Quebec. Straight to jail!
minus-squareRogueBanana@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·1 day agoDamn can’t even have any nice things anymore
Ah yes,
rm -r /is backYou can remove the French language pack with
rm -fr /# rm -fr / rm: it is dangerous to operate recursively on '/' rm: use --no-preserve-root to override this failsafeIt’s a common misconception: whats happening is that -fr is dangerous and it doesnt want to preserve the root. So you need to use the flag to tell it “No, Preserve Root!”, hence you must use the --no-preserve-root flag just to be extra safe.
rm -fr /*works no issue.Oh, my glob!
Wow, you can’t even remove the French language pack anymore?
Not in Quebec. Straight to jail!
Damn can’t even have any nice things anymore
Yes, do as I say!