~pcwiz Posted March 1, 2008 Share Posted March 1, 2008 Hi, I used the command rm -rf in a guide that I wrote to delete specific kext files. What is the difference between the rm -r command and rm -rf? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/90997-difference-between-rm-r-and-rm-rf/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
bongo Posted March 1, 2008 Share Posted March 1, 2008 http://unixhelp.ed.ac.uk/CGI/man-cgi?rm Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/90997-difference-between-rm-r-and-rm-rf/#findComment-649452 Share on other sites More sharing options...
~pcwiz Posted March 1, 2008 Author Share Posted March 1, 2008 I see, thanks Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/90997-difference-between-rm-r-and-rm-rf/#findComment-649511 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaporATX Posted March 1, 2008 Share Posted March 1, 2008 I suggest you be very sure of your syntax when using that command, especially in conjunction with sudo. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/90997-difference-between-rm-r-and-rm-rf/#findComment-649580 Share on other sites More sharing options...
~pcwiz Posted March 1, 2008 Author Share Posted March 1, 2008 Yeah, I've seen the videos on YouTube on what happens when you type: sudo rm -rf / P.S. Please don't be dumb enough to try the above command. It destroys your computer. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/90997-difference-between-rm-r-and-rm-rf/#findComment-649628 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mebster Posted March 1, 2008 Share Posted March 1, 2008 Yeah, I've seen the videos on YouTube on what happens when you type: sudo rm -rf / P.S. Please don't be dumb enough to try the above command. It destroys your computer. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/90997-difference-between-rm-r-and-rm-rf/#findComment-649637 Share on other sites More sharing options...
~pcwiz Posted March 1, 2008 Author Share Posted March 1, 2008 What I don't get is that the OS is actually still running even after you destroy everything. I'm gonna watch that video now Mebster, the ones I've seen before are various distros of linux. Could you imagine the look on Alessandro's face when so many linux installs are ruthlessly destroyed (jk jk) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/90997-difference-between-rm-r-and-rm-rf/#findComment-649648 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mebster Posted March 2, 2008 Share Posted March 2, 2008 Could you imagine the look on Alessandro's face when so many linux installs are ruthlessly destroyed (jk jk) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/90997-difference-between-rm-r-and-rm-rf/#findComment-650723 Share on other sites More sharing options...
~pcwiz Posted March 2, 2008 Author Share Posted March 2, 2008 I wish I could gather up one video of each linux distro being destroyed by rm -rf, merge them together and then send it to Alessandro BTW I watched that video of Tiger being destroyed and lol...But what I don't get is how is the core system still functioning (aside from minor visual problems)? From RAM? I've always wondered why OS X is still functioning even after you've destroyed the mach_kernel Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/90997-difference-between-rm-r-and-rm-rf/#findComment-650780 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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