The one time I managed to hose a Solaris box, I did rm -rf /*. Yep, that killed it completely. A truly spectacular day that was. Somehow, I managed to keep my job. On Mon, 2003-11-10 at 17:43, Darryl Harvey wrote: > I've tried "rm -f" a few times on Large directories (Old log entries) and it has barfed on me saying there are too many files (Maybe not in those exact words) > > So I'd argue that "cd /;rm -rf" would barf and NOT be successful... > > Anyone got a spare system to try it on :-) > > > > Rgds, > Darryl > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Joe Szilagyi [mailto:lists@xxxxxxxxxxx] > > Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 12:09 PM > > To: redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > Subject: Re: help (OT, rm -rf /) > > > > Just out of curiosity, and since people I know have argued this. If you ran > > rm -rf /, will it keep running until 100% of the system is gone leaving only > > what's in physical memory and RAM, or will it eventually choke and fail, > > leaving some files? We hosed a virtual server environment (gomer) on a test > > box once, and it left just the /dev folder, but what will remain if done on > > non-virtual environments? I'd argued nothing would be left. > > _____________________ > > Regards, Joe > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Richard Crawford" <rscrawford@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > > To: <redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > > Sent: Monday, November 10, 2003 7:53 PM > > Subject: Re: help > > > > > > > > UMKC-Student said: > > > help > > > > $ su - > > Password: > > # cd / > > # rm -rf * > > > > > > That should help you out. > > > > Sláinte, > > Richard S. Crawford > > > > http://www.mossroot.com http://www.stonegoose.com/catseyeview > > AIM: Buffalo2K ICQ: 11646404 Y!: rscrawford > > MSN: underpope@xxxxxxxxxxx > > Howard Dean for America: http://www.deanforamerica.com > > "It is only with the heart that we see rightly; what is essential is > > invisible to the eye." --Antoine de Saint Exupéry > > > > > > > > -- > > redhat-list mailing list > > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > > > > > > -- > > redhat-list mailing list > > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > > The information contained in this email message and any attachments > may be confidential and may also be the subject of legal professional > privilege. If you are not the intended recipient of this email, any > disclosure or copying of this material is unauthorised and prohibited. > Please notify me by return email. -- Slainte, Richard S. Crawford AIM: Buffalo2K / Y!: rscrawford / ICQ: 11640404 Howard Dean for America: http://www.deanforamerica.com http://www.mossroot.com http://www.stonegoose.com "It is only with our heart that we can see clearly. What is essential is invisible to the eye." --Antoine de Saint Exupery -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
