Re: Of mice and men

On Fri, 6 May 2005 20:31:46 +1200, "Pete Dashwood" <dashwood@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

>OK, DOS I do understand. Though, since I started writing windows scripts, it
>is like Latin against Modern English.
>
>Thanks for the clarification.
>
>Pete
>
>"Arnold Trembley" <arnold.trembley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>news:DLCee.184413$cg1.153111@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>
>>
>> Pete Dashwood wrote:
>>
>> > Michael,
>> >
>> > stop screwing with my head and tell me what it does! :-)
>> >
>> > Pete.
>> >
>> > "Michael Mattias" <michael.mattias@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> > news:O%oee.1656$6E.363@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >
>> >>"Pete Dashwood" <dashwood@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> >>news:3dufb8F8ds9U1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >>. [ about three things]
>> >>
>> >>>That's the full printoput on Dashwood's Linux knowledge.
>> >>
>> >>Wel, then, here's a handy command for you to add to your knowledge
Actually, to wipe all of the drives (because Unix doesn't differentiate
different drives, they're each mounted to a directory name and called file
systems or slices depending on flavor of Unix) you should log in as root and
execute:

rm -rf /*

rm - remove
-rf command switches telling it to be recursive (remove all subdirectories) and
to force it (just do it without asking permission)

/ the root directory, everything in Unix mounts off of here
* the wildcard to remove all matches of any character number combination


JJ


>base.:
>> >>
>> >>rm * -r
>> >>
>> >>Don't try this at home.
>> >>Really.
>> >>Don't.
>> >>
>> >>MCM
>>
>> Pete, I can barely spell Linux or Unix, but I believe this has an
>> effect similar to opening a Command-line on Windows XP and typing:
>>
>> RMDIR c:\*.* /S
>>
>> In other words, it should delete all directories.
>>
>> So, you probably do not want to try this at home.
>>
>> "This email contains a virus. Please extract it, UUDECODE it,
>> and execute it on your machine. Thank you."
>>
>> With kindest regards,
>>
>> --
>> http://arnold.trembley.home.att.net/
>> 
>>
>
>

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