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Living life on the edge (lemmy.ml)
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[-] tkk13909@sopuli.xyz 5 points 5 months ago

Pressing ctrl-c before anything critical gets deleted: :)

[-] LostXOR@fedia.io 11 points 5 months ago

...Hopefully.

Have fun trying to find what went poof. :)

[-] Classy@sh.itjust.works 7 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

go to find the system logs
realize the first deleted directory was /var

[-] tkk13909@sopuli.xyz 2 points 5 months ago

Usually, /home/ isn't what gets deleted first so unless your computer can delete everything within a few seconds, ctrl-c and would work. Then you can survey the damage and reinstall the OS if necessary.

this post was submitted on 16 Mar 2024
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