▲ 1192 ▼ I know just the audience for this (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago by General_Effort@lemmy.world to c/memes@lemmy.world 109 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 years ago* (2 children) Correct me if im wrong, i assume switch "-rf" is short for "Root File", for the starting point of recursion permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Jrockwar@feddit.uk 18 points 2 years ago (1 child) No, -r and -f are two different switches. -r is recursive, used so that it also removes folders within the directory. -f is force (so overriding all confirmations, etc). permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 2 years ago TIL permalink fedilink source parent [–] numerator3962@lemmynsfw.com 6 points 2 years ago It's two switches. The f makes the operation forced. And the r makes the operation recursive. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Jrockwar@feddit.uk 18 points 2 years ago (1 child) No, -r and -f are two different switches. -r is recursive, used so that it also removes folders within the directory. -f is force (so overriding all confirmations, etc). permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 2 years ago TIL permalink fedilink source parent
[–] numerator3962@lemmynsfw.com 6 points 2 years ago It's two switches. The f makes the operation forced. And the r makes the operation recursive. permalink fedilink source parent
