It is against the rules but but what is it exactly?

  • Norah - She/They
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    141 month ago

    I have seen that code block so many times, but never with the options switch around so it stands for french 😂 Thankfully in most cases these days you need to add --no-preserve-root for this command to run.

    • @[email protected]
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      1 month ago

      but never with the options switch around

      Life pro tip: always put the force flag first on any command line you write (that has such a flag), to ensure that it’s the first thing seen by everyone (including your future self) reading that command line.

      • @[email protected]
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        31 month ago

        I don’t think these things are universal across software, but you can often put -f on its own, separate from other flags, or get in the habit of using the long --force flag.

        • Fonzie!
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          61 month ago

          As far as I’ve seen, single letter flags like -f can always be used by themselves, like -f -r

          It’s actually not universal that they can be put together like -fr

        • JackbyDev
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          21 month ago

          In scripts or documents I try to use the long form of commands.