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[–] riodoro1@lemmy.world 181 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (21 children)

--no-preserve-root is a security option to keep you from accidentally removing all your files. Make sure you always use it along side the -f option and -r which stands for rescue - meaning rm will create a rescue copy of the deleted data.

[–] incompetentboob@lemmy.ml 84 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] MyNameIsIgglePiggle@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I see you also know Lionel Hutz

Is he related to Miguel Sanchez?

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