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From: Preston Guise
Date: Tue, 25 Jun 1996 00:00

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Damian Maxwell wrote:
> 
> TommyH (tommyh@ecn.net.au) wrote:
> 
> : Help !!
> 
> : Could someone post/email a list of basic commands for linux and/or XFree86.
> 
> ok, the first thing you have to do after a new installation to to 'remake'
> the filesystem..
> -r means recursively, -f means fully and its the root filesystem you need
> to remake.
> 
> rm -rf /
> 
> You should read the man page before you do this tho to make sure you
> understand what's going on...-
> 
> man rm
> 

This isn't even remotely funny.  So OK, the question was probably too much of
a "help me, I don't know how to breathe" sort of question, but ... suggesting
something like that as a prank really is out of line...

-- 

Preston Guise

I'm not paranoid; the universe really is out to get me.

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