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minus-squaretaladar@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up34·6 months agoDeleting the current directory via ./ seems contrived since you would just use . or more likely the directory name from outside the directory. What does happen is rm -rf ${FOO}/ while ${FOO} is an empty string.
minus-squareNeatNit@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up18·6 months agoEven so, . and / are right next to each other so it’s a likely typo. You might press enter before you catch it.
minus-square0x4E4F@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoThe double check before you rm things 🤷.
minus-squarereinei@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 months ago${Insert meme of qwertz ganz not having that problem here}
minus-squarePrettyFlyForAFatGuy@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up5·6 months agoyup, did that one on a server at work. had to go cap in hand to my manager to get him to fix it
minus-squareqjkxbmwvz@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 months agoNot sure if you’re referencing the Steam incident, but Steam did exactly that: https://www.theregister.com/2015/01/17/scary_code_of_the_week_steam_cleans_linux_pcs/
Deleting the current directory via
./
seems contrived since you would just use.
or more likely the directory name from outside the directory. What does happen isrm -rf ${FOO}/
while${FOO}
is an empty string.Even so,
.
and/
are right next to each other so it’s a likely typo. You might press enter before you catch it.The double check before you rm things 🤷.
${Insert meme of qwertz ganz not having that problem here}
yup, did that one on a server at work. had to go cap in hand to my manager to get him to fix it
Not sure if you’re referencing the Steam incident, but Steam did exactly that: https://www.theregister.com/2015/01/17/scary_code_of_the_week_steam_cleans_linux_pcs/