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[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Pressing ctrl-c before anything critical gets deleted: :)

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago (2 children)

...Hopefully.

Have fun trying to find what went poof. :)

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

go to find the system logs
realize the first deleted directory was /var

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Usually, /home/ isn't what gets deleted first so unless your computer can delete everything within a few seconds, ctrl-c and would work. Then you can survey the damage and reinstall the OS if necessary.