OT: the rm bug hit me again
Thomas Widhalm
widhalmt at unix.sbg.ac.at
Wed Oct 25 10:28:01 UTC 2006
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Joe Klemmer wrote:
>
> I alomst hate to admit it but the rm bug bit me for the second time
> in my life over the weekend. The first time was back, oh, late '94 I
> think. But everyone gets bit by this at least once in their *NIX
> career. But my braindead brain was cleaning out some redundant gunk in
> /usr/lib (like all the versions of firefox and mozilla laying around).
> You know what's coming...
>
> # cd /usr/lib
> # rm -fR mozilla *
> ^-------- There was supposed to be a "." there.
>
> I caught it quickly but not before it whacked some GNOME junk (what the
> heck is a bonobo?).
It's some kind of an ape. :-)
>
> Oh well, guess it was my turn to play "crusty old phart who does
> stupid newbie move" today. :-)
:-) Best wishes for getting it back :-) Such things can happen to the
best of us. :-)
>
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