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Shootout: 'rm -Rf /' vs. 'Format C:'

Posted by timothy on from the as-in-shoot-out-the-lights dept.

skyshock21 writes "There's an article over at hohle.net about what actually happens when you type the commands Format C: in windows versus rm -Rf / in Linux. Very interesting results indeed. Myths are busted, and hilarity ensues."

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  1. Re:Different effect by grumbel · · Score: 0, Redundant

    There is also our our good old friend 'deltree' on MS-DOS which would get closer to 'rm -rf'. However 'rm -rf' and 'format c:' are kind of the standard 'answers' to screw things up completly, so its fair to compare them even so they don't do exactly the same.