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by colanderman 4172 days ago
You're too kind :)

Granted, part of the blame lies in the archaic Unix security model which doesn't sandbox applications. But ANY line containing "rm -rf" should be reviewed by the most senior dev in the company, or at least one who actually understands shell scripting. It has such a terrible failure mode, there's no excuse not to. (Especially when the dev to blame knew that it's "Scary!".)

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Are you trying to make me have an aneurism? :)