How not to delete your important files
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Lightning talk introducing safe-rm, a tool designed to prevent the accidental deletion of important files.
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tl;dr
apt-get install safe-rm
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$ rm -rf /usr/lib/junk
$ rm -rf /usr/lib/junkrm: cannot remove `/junk':No such file or directory
$ rm -rf /usr/lib /junkrm: cannot remove `/junk':No such file or directory
recovery
1- swear alot#%@ !!!☠✮
1- swear a lot
2- reinstall dpkg
1- swear a lot
2- reinstall dpkg
3- reinstall apt
1- swear a lot
2- reinstall dpkg
3- reinstall apt
4- list installed packages
1- swear a lot
2- reinstall dpkg
3- reinstall apt
4- list installed packages
5- reinstall all packages
/bin/etc/home/francois/usr/bin/usr/lib
safe-rm
/usr/bin/rm
PATH="/usr/bin:/bin"
/bin/rm -rf /usr/lib
$ rm -rf /usr/lib
$ rm -rf /usr/libsafe-rm: skipping /usr/lib
/bin/boot/dev/etc/home/initrd/lib/proc/root/sbin/sys/usr
/usr/bin/usr/include/usr/lib/usr/local/usr/local/bin/usr/local/include/usr/local/sbin/usr/local/share/usr/sbin/usr/share/usr/src/var
/etc/safe-rm.conf
~/.safe-rm
apt-get install safe-rm
www.safe-rm.org.nz
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