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[–] Redkey@programming.dev 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

"rd" and "rmdir" only work on empty directories in MS-DOS (and I assume, by extension, in Windows shell). "deltree" is for nuking a complete tree including files, as the name suggests.

[–] Cevilia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 17 points 2 days ago (1 children)

In the original Reddit post it's mentioned that the agent ran "rmdir /s" which does in fact work on directories containing files and/or subdirectories.

[–] FalschgeldFurkan@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

"rmdir /s" - /s for sarcasm

"Where the fuck is all my data?"