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Oh no! 🤦‍♂️ (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 week ago by sjmarf@sh.itjust.works to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 days ago

It's because they know how to use rm -rf, and they don't know how to use rmdir. Honestly, I can't think of a single time I've ever successfully removed a directory with rmdir. I always wind up using something else.