[GTALUG] Man deletes his entire company

[Digiital aka David]

I will admit to doing that once when I first began with Linux. Not a biggie
had nothing on that system I wanted. I didn't realize I was in the root
directory.  Lesson learned.  Always double check the path :)
On Apr 15, 2016 12:41 PM, "Alvin Starr" <alvin at netvel.net> wrote:

> Most of us have made that same mistake but without the disastrous results.
>
> "rm -rf" is a very big gun with a hair trigger. So its easy to shoot
> yourself in the foot with it and because its so big you may not just lose
> your foot but a leg or two.
> Sadly this guy was looking down the barrel when he oops'd.
>
>
> On 04/15/2016 12:28 PM, Stephen wrote:
>
>> The mind wobbles ....
>>
>>
>>
>> http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/man-deletes-entire-company-running-bad-line-code-article-1.2601239?cid=msn
>>
>>
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