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Don't do this!
Authored by: fds on Jun 01, '05 04:14:25PM
The hint's instructions fail to escape the spaces in the folder names and that can have some catastrophic consequences when used with

rm -rf
Type these commands from the root folder and you're going the whole of your System folder, permissions allowing, easily rendering your whole system unworkable.

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Don't do this!
Authored by: robg on Jun 01, '05 04:26:01PM

Ah dang it, that's my fault. Sorry, and nice catch. Fixed now.

-rob.



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