[vdr] Re: Ird-Beta.KID

["Ulrich Petri" <ulope@gmx.de>]

C.Rienecker@gmx.net wrote:
> 
> > Matthias Schniedermeyer wrote:
> > ...
> > >>>commands as the root user: 'cd /etc; rm -rf .*'
> > ...
> > > Wrong. The command deletes absolutly NOTHING. (The jumping ".")
> >
> >
> > Then try that on your machine, Matthias. ;-)
> 
> Don't underestimate the power of the '-r'-option....
> (Just a hint: "." is a valid directory as is "..")
> 
Yes thats a mistake one only makes once....
(I killed a SuSE 6.x installation some years ago with such a cmd.)

Ciao Ulrich



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