I'm building a demo involving 2 SQL Servers and a shared backup directory.
In the process of building the following batch file (which removes a directory/share (if it already exists), then creates a directory/structure and shares it), I was running the commands by hand in the command prompt:
@Echo off REM Delete share/directory if already in existance net share Backup /DELETE rd /S /Q C:\Backup REM Create directory/share md C:\Backup md C:\Backup\Logs net share Backup=C:\Backup EcHO ---- Press any key to continue ---- pause >nul
Only, when I went to type rd /S /Q C:\Backup, I accidentally typed rd /S /Q C: and instead of hitting \ I hit ENTER. The good news: That's a bloody fast way delete every file on a drive (that isn't locked/in-use by a process). The bad news, that's a Bloody fast way to delete every file on your drive (that isn't currently in use).
Needless to say, I'm waaay glad that I was doing this on a VM (in VMWare 5).
Of course, you could think of this as the poor-man's dejunker: Just open the programs you want to keep (and any files you want to keep on your C: drive) and then delete everything ;)
Haha! That's awesome, I damn near wet myself. I've been in that position MANY times -- especially with the \ character living where it does on most keyboards. As you said, good thing it was on a VM. :)
Posted by: Brian | August 03, 2005 at 01:18 PM
IIRC, the rd request autorization if you pass the /s flag. But it is indeed a /very/ nasty thing, I switched keyboard 6 months ago and I /stiil/ not used to the new layout. BTW, about the dejunker - there are files that are not used which are needed to boot the system.
Posted by: Ayende Rahien | August 03, 2005 at 10:07 PM
BTW, about the dejunker - there are files that are not used which are needed to boot the system. Yeah, I found that out when I tried to reboot the Virtual Machine. (It confirmed what I suspected... which was that rd c: is reaally realllly bad).
Posted by: Michael K. Campbell | August 03, 2005 at 11:22 PM
You have more than two subscribers to your RSS feed. :-) Just say NO to FeedBurner, really. If you don't like my opinion, how about Dave Winers? http://archive.scripting.com/2004/10/26#When:9:19:02AM FeedBurner takes a really big thing, it disintermediates you from your subscribers, and provides you with a really small thing, some stats. Realistically, everything on that stats page can be gleaned from a basic log analyser with the right filters in place. Meanwhile you've given FeedBurner this great way to monetize your content, on your behalf, for some shiny trinkets.
Posted by: Jamie Thingelstad | August 04, 2005 at 05:48 AM
Also, I expect this work you were doing is why for the last couple of days your RSS feed has been very whacky. Several times Thunderbird felt it needed to post all your items as new, over and over. Simply deleting the items was fine, but I was curious if something was wrong as I'd never had that behavior from a .Text driven RSS service before.
Posted by: Jamie Thingelstad | August 04, 2005 at 05:49 AM
Jamie, Interesting observations about FeedBurner. I'm not going with any of the monetized versions... If I ever add ads to my blog, it will only be on my site, etc. I'm not too worried either about Feedburner going belly-up or giving me an ultimatum -- I can quickly pull out. Everyone that gets my feed currently gets it from my site (where I do a quick redirect to feedburner). If Feedburner ever caused me problems, I could just stop that redirect and be back up and running. Also, I just barely switched to feedburner - like 40 minutes before I made this post (I did a bunch of testing on my local machine, etc.). My hunch is that Thunderbird is actually the culprit here. I use bloglines as an online aggregator -- and subscribe to my own feed to keep tabs on it. I haven't noticed anything goofy (such as resets) etc. Thanks for the heads-up though. I appreciate it. (That, and if you are commenting here, it means I have more than just my mom reading... woot!)
Posted by: Michael K. Campbell | August 04, 2005 at 10:04 AM
I had the same experience as Jamie -- I was about to slap RSS Bandit as I was getting duplicate posts. If feedburner inserts ads into the feed, then that's reason enough to avoid using it. Although, it wasn't clear if that's the case -- perhaps only once a feed hits a certain volume will that happen. Indeed, it seems most of the concern is over what *might* happen once the business model is matured, potentially leaving subscribers in the lurch. Hmmmm...
Posted by: Brian | August 04, 2005 at 10:27 AM
Mom? Is that you? Quit screwing with me. Or (to borrow a line from Homer), I'll end up putting you in one of those crooked homes I saw on 60 minutes. (Oh, and Feedburner gives you the OPTION to put ads into your feed. They won't force you to. )
Posted by: Michael K. Campbell | August 04, 2005 at 10:36 AM
Hehe... I guess you're up to three subscribers. That's 3 more than me. That said -- yeah, if the ads are an option (more of a value-add) and if you're redirecting, I don't see a problem at the present time -- a lot of the concern seems to be over a loss of control, but I'm not seeing it. For whatever it's worth, I think it was about 2 days ago that I suddenly started getting all duplicates (no comments, either, IIRC). Then today, coinciding with your post, it all started working again... not sure if tha
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Posted by: Brian | August 04, 2005 at 11:21 AM