rm -rf : What does it really do

[Tom Wilson]

On Saturday 03 May 2003 12:07 pm, Net Llama!'s voice rose above the ones 
in my head and stated:
[snip]
> This is very heavily depedent on the type of filesystem in use,
> whether it has a journal, and how often that journal is updated.  In
> fact, on Linux, i'd say your statement is only truly accurate for
> ext2.

That's true.  I should've mentioned that.  'Twas early and I hadn't 
finished my first cup o' joe yet.  :-)  Wasn't in full thinking mode.  

--Tom Wilson