15 Apr
2016
15 Apr
'16
10:09 a.m.
On 15 April 2016 at 12:47, D. Hugh Redelmeier <hugh@mimosa.com> wrote:
This isn't true of the rm(1) command. No operand means delete nothing.
The following article gives more specifics: <http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/man-accidentally-deletes-his-entire-company-with-one-line-of-bad-code-a6984256.html> The script actually contained rm -rf {foo}/{bar} The error caused foo and bar to be null so the result was rm -rf / -- Scott