2008/1/22, Colin Pitrat <colin.pitrat@xxxxxxxxxxx>: > > > You guys DO know that 'rm -rf /' is a harmless command that simply exits > > with an error message? You should use 'rm -rf /*' to kill someone's > system. > > You say that hoping that some of us will try 'rm -rf /' ? > > By the way, I fear 'rm -rf ~' as standard user as much as I fear 'rm -rf /' > as root (call me believer, I'm pretty sure it works on some systems). AFAIR rm -rf works only on a system with pre-6.x coreutils (and without a backport). -- Roman Kyrylych (Роман Кирилич)
