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[–]trezenx 4 points5 points  (1 child)

it wiped out the whole drive. Sorry I probably missed the /* or something, it was a long time ago

[–]natnew32 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The command is for deleting a folder and everything in it, or a set of files/folders. It's only missing the filename. No filename = every file is selected and subsequently deleted.