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From: Dan Kegel <dank AT kegel DOT com>
Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2017 11:01:15 -0700
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Subject: Re: /bin/ gets deleted on error
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>> For the second time this week my /bin/ folder gets obliterated on an
>> error during normal usage. It is equivalent of doing the infamous "rm
>> -rf  /bin" .

What were you doing immediately before the directory disappeared?

I have only had things like this happen from user error,
e.g. scripting mistakes.

(The first time I saw somebody rm -rf / was in 1980 :-) )

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