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		GhotiFish on Jan 30, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Systemd mounted efivarfs read-write, allowing moth... It's funny you mentioned that rm's purpose in life is to delete files. I'm reminded of a common saying in the unix world. Everything is a file.

mikeash on Jan 30, 2016 [–]

This is a good example of why you shouldn't take that saying too far.

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