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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

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Tried to rm -r my .cache but accidentally did .config instead... (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I'm a complete moron, I should've had that backed up and used trash...
I had to learn the hard way lol

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

I've started adopting the habit of putting "-rf" as the last argument to avoid accidentally deleting something before I've double-checked my input. Good luck, and may this never happen again.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

I do exactly the same. It's not foolproof but it's better than nothing. I remember, almost a decade ago, when I discovered that rm on mac didn't accept flags as last arguments... I hope they changed that behavior