• hddsx@lemmy.ca
    2·
    3 months ago

    That’s not true. Most distros now ask you to add —no-preserve-root

    • Elvith Ma'for@feddit.org
      7·
      3 months ago

      Have you tried to add * to the path? No more nagging about that pesky missing safety parameter…

      rm -fr /*
      

      Bonus points of you do:

      rm -fr $ACCIDENTIALLY_UNDEFINED_VAR/*
      
      • hddsx@lemmy.ca
        2·
        3 months ago

        Well, technically those aren’t the same command (but works well enough if you’re trying to render a system unusable).

        rm -rf /* would not remove /.secret. It rm -rf / would