Re: removed root directory files
On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 02:02:45PM -0700, Abraham Chaffin wrote:
> I didn't do "rm -r" just "rm /*" I was root when I executed this command.
> Ended up reinstalling the os, luckily there wasn't much on the machine and
> was really just a backup so nothing was lost.
> Not sure what it deleted but it rendered the os useless.
>
> Thanks for your help and I'll be using "rm *" from now on.
If the '*' is the last character, try typing M-* (Esc-shift-8) after it,
to expand it before running the command.
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