07-24-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by
encrypted
The command I told him was:
rm -rf dir\&
which in the most bizzare way got translated by him to:
rm -rf dir /&
This would have caused minimal damage had this not been run as root
user and on the main database server with terabytes of data
on it..What happened next is anybody's guess
Ugh. And people still think I'm crazy for preferring text over telephone...!
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fusioninventory::agent::tools::unix
FusionInventory::Agent::Tools::Unix(3pm) User Contributed Perl Documentation FusionInventory::Agent::Tools::Unix(3pm)
NAME
FusionInventory::Agent::Tools::Unix - Unix-specific generic functions
DESCRIPTION
This module provides some Unix-specific generic functions.
FUNCTIONS
getDeviceCapacity(%params)
Returns storage capacity of given device, using fdisk.
Availables parameters:
logger a logger object
device the device to use
getIpDhcp
Returns an hashref of information for current DHCP lease.
getFilesystemsFromDf(%params)
Returns a list of filesystems as a list of hashref, by parsing given df command output.
logger a logger object
command the exact command to use
file the file to use, as an alternative to the command
getFilesystemsTypesFromMount(%params)
Returns a list of used filesystems types, by parsing given mount command output.
logger a logger object
command the exact command to use
file the file to use, as an alternative to the command
getProcessesFromPs(%params)
Returns a list of processes as a list of hashref, by parsing given ps command output.
logger a logger object
command the exact command to use
file the file to use, as an alternative to the command
getRoutingTable
Returns the routing table as an hashref, by parsing netstat command output.
logger a logger object
command the exact command to use (default: netstat -nr -f inet)
file the file to use, as an alternative to the command
perl v5.14.2 2012-06-25 FusionInventory::Agent::Tools::Unix(3pm)