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The biggest lesson here is that backing up your files is extremely important. Both local backups and remote backups.

I like the 3-2-1 rule:

  At least three copies,
  In two different formats,
  with one of those copies off-site.
Software is written by humans who will undoubtably miss a corner case and not think of every possible environment.


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!".)


Interesting:

https://github.com/search?q=rm+-rf&type=Code&utf8=%E2%9C%93


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


Always live by the saying:

"If it doesn't exist in at least three places, it doesn't actually exist"

- Allan Jude - TechSnap


>In two different formats

What does this mean?


Probably different media, e.g. an external hard drive and DVDs.


Probably means an onsite and an offsite backup for example.




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