Sjmarfcake to Programmer [email protected]English • 1 month agoOh no! 🤦♂️sh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square55fedilinkarrow-up1728
arrow-up1728imageOh no! 🤦♂️sh.itjust.worksSjmarfcake to Programmer [email protected]English • 1 month agomessage-square55fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink26•1 month agoI don’t understand the eagerness of most people to go nuclear by adding potentially dangerous arguments when not required. Use rmdir to remove a directory you expect to be empty, not rm -rf
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•1 month agoIt’s because they know how to use rm -rf, and they don’t know how to use rmdir. Honestly, I can’t think of a single time I’ve ever successfully removed a directory with rmdir. I always wind up using something else.
I don’t understand the eagerness of most people to go nuclear by adding potentially dangerous arguments when not required.
Use
rmdirto remove a directory you expect to be empty, notrm -rfIt’s because they know how to use rm -rf, and they don’t know how to use rmdir. Honestly, I can’t think of a single time I’ve ever successfully removed a directory with rmdir. I always wind up using something else.