FedX@quokk.au to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoPOSIX really has a tool for everything!lemmy.imagisphe.reimagemessage-square44linkfedilinkarrow-up11.09Karrow-down120
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minus-squareTja@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up100·2 days agoYou can remove the French language pack with rm -fr /
minus-squareAnafabula@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up37·2 days ago# rm -fr / rm: it is dangerous to operate recursively on '/' rm: use --no-preserve-root to override this failsafe
minus-squareBobWehadababyitsaboy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up23·1 day agoIt’s a common misconception: whats happening is that -fr is dangerous and it doesnt want to preserve the root. So you need to use the flag to tell it “No, Preserve Root!”, hence you must use the --no-preserve-root flag just to be extra safe.
minus-squareslazer2au@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31·2 days agoWow, you can’t even remove the French language pack anymore?
minus-squarenymnympseudonym@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·1 day agoNot in Quebec. Straight to jail!
minus-squareRogueBanana@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·2 days agoDamn can’t even have any nice things anymore
Ah yes,
rm -r /is backYou can remove the French language pack with
rm -fr /# rm -fr / rm: it is dangerous to operate recursively on '/' rm: use --no-preserve-root to override this failsafeIt’s a common misconception: whats happening is that -fr is dangerous and it doesnt want to preserve the root. So you need to use the flag to tell it “No, Preserve Root!”, hence you must use the --no-preserve-root flag just to be extra safe.
Wow, you can’t even remove the French language pack anymore?
Not in Quebec. Straight to jail!
rm -fr /*works no issue.Oh, my glob!
Damn can’t even have any nice things anymore
Yes, do as I say!