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deleting everything: # rm -rf /

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Mar 15, 20266716 views
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Just wondering, what happens when you delete every single file on a running Linux system?

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# rm -rf /

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Fix for: deleting everything: # rm -rf /

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I'd translate that as: How is it possible to delete a file that someone is still using? Well, on Linux, part of your filesystem is in RAM and part is on disk. When process A opens a file and keeps it open (say a shared library), then process A gets …

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