devraza to Open SourceEnglish · edit-28 months agovaporise - an alternative to the common rm...written in Rust...github.comexternal-linkmessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up148arrow-down112file-text
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minus-squaremerthyr1831@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 months agoTo think that something i used to completely nuke my homeserver one time can be written in 112 lines of rust. thats the power of linux right there
minus-squaredevrazaOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months agoWell, I’m not sure how many lines of C rm is written in but I think that rm being only around 4kb (iirc) is something to consider. But still, storage probably matters least in this day and age. Oh, and… something I used to completely nuke my home server If I’m reading this right, then I hope you had backups ready :)
minus-squaremerthyr1831@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months agoLol thankfully i stopped before it ate any important info, but now I finally have all of that vital stuff being backed up to a hetzner storage box weekly now :)
To think that something i used to completely nuke my homeserver one time can be written in 112 lines of rust. thats the power of linux right there
Well, I’m not sure how many lines of C rm is written in but I think that rm being only around 4kb (iirc) is something to consider.
But still, storage probably matters least in this day and age. Oh, and…
If I’m reading this right, then I hope you had backups ready :)
Lol thankfully i stopped before it ate any important info, but now I finally have all of that vital stuff being backed up to a hetzner storage box weekly now :)