On Sat, 08 Jan 2005 21:43:01 -0700, James McKenzie <jjmckenzie51@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Yep, about the same as typing in rm -rf * as root at \ (root directory). > > Actually, this is a very bad way of removing core files. One should do > the find and redirect it to a list file. Read through the file to > insure that no needed files are there (someone once named a critical > executable core) before running the rm command. > > James McKenzie > I didn't do it. (I say with a Bart Simpson reflex kicking in.) But I think everyone has learned the lesson of removing something, somewhere, somehow as root that they wish they had not especially early on in our *Nix experience.
