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Thursday 14 April 2016

This is supposed to be an urban legend, not something that actuallyhappens in real life.

This is supposed to be an urban legend, not something that actually happens in real life.

Originally shared by Hannu Varjoranta

"Last night I accidentally ran, on all servers, a #Bash script with a rm -rf {foo}/{bar} with foo and bar empty" - http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/man-accidentally-deletes-his-entire-company-with-one-line-of-bad-code-a6984256.html
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/man-accidentally-deletes-his-entire-company-with-one-line-of-bad-code-a6984256.html
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2 comments:

  1. Vladimir Pecha14 April 2016 at 23:39

    Jeez. Thought it´s not possible these days...

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  2. Ronald Stepp15 April 2016 at 02:57

    Many of the responses to Mr Marsala’s problem weren’t especially helpful – pointing out that he could have taken steps to stop it happening before it did.

    Honestly, from what I read... what helpful options WERE there to suggest?  Other than handing over everything to a recovery team?

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