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[–] NateSwift 6 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I think you’re wrong but I’m not willing to test it to see

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

the shell expands it to rm -fr /bin /etc /usr /home /dev and so on. rm never sees the /, so the safety doesn't trigger

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

virtual machines