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This article says differently... -- WayneMokane 04:35, 30 January 2007 (UTC)
I have heard it from a noted security professional, that is was named after Robert Morris. The tool was a wrapper for delete, which at the time would not delete folders, nor was it recursive. The individual was told of this fact by Robert himself. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.236.17.3 ( talk) 15:20, 7 March 2014 (UTC)
I heard this same story today (7 May 2017), personalized for the instructor. He retold it as his friend, John Strand ( https://www.sans.org/instructors/john-strand), was teaching a basic Linux class in which Robert Morris dropped in unannounced, claiming rm is his namesake. This makes at least the second incredulous friend-of-a-friend informal copyright claim. 17:32, 7 May 2017 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.214.105.179 ( talk)
Shouldn't this page mention that soft links are not followed if you select rm -r? I know it is obvious that any sensible designer would design it that way, but for the paranoid among us (and this trait has been known to exist in programmers), wouldn't it nice to give people about to type it the comfort of saying so clearly and unequivocally? <not signing because the signup doesn't allow underscores> —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.171.191.60 ( talk • contribs) 00:57, 20 May 2007
We've been working on this for a while, and would this qualify for WP:MTR? -- One Blue Hat ❯❯❯ (talk) 19:18, 24 January 2019 (UTC)