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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

--no-preserve-root is a security option to keep you from accidentally removing all your files. Make sure you always use it along side the -f option and -r which stands for rescue - meaning rm will create a rescue copy of the deleted data.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

It means No! Preserve Root.